MARN Recorded a Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake Off the Coast of Usulután - Today's News in El Salvador

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded this Thursday at noon, according to the Observatory of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN). The telluric movement occurred at exactly 12:32 noon and had its epicenter off the coast of the department of Usulután, 39 kilometers [...] The post Fuerte earthquake shakes El Salvador at noon this Thursday appeared first on Diario Digital Cronio de El Salvador.

EL SALVADOR.- The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) recorded a magnitude 5.4 earthquake, off the coast of Usulután. The telluric movement took place on Thursday, May 22, at 12:32 noon. 39.0 km southwest of Jiquilisco Bay, with a depth of 50 km. In the face of the earthquake, the Emergency Operations Center for Civil Protection is active to coordinate any incident throughout the territory. The MARN shared the instrumental i…

Employees from different government entities were evacuated to prevent incidents after a 5.4 magnitude earthquake originated off the coast of Usulután, 39.0 kilometers south-west of Jiquilisco Bay. Authorities did not report injured persons or material damage. As a preventive measure, teams from the National Directorate of Civil Protection are deployed in different areas of the country, where they carried out monitoring due to the telluric movem…