El Salvador registered 139 aftershocks, after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred this Tuesday, indicated the Salvadoran Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN).
Around 40 aftershocks were felt by the population, especially in the eastern part of the country, with magnitudes ranging between 3.5 and 5.4 on the Richter scale, MARN said in a statement.
The aftershocks were counted between 6:22 p.m. on Tuesday (01:22 a.m. on Wednesday in Lisbon), when the earthquake occurred, and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday (01:00 a.m. on Thursday in Lisbon), added the Ministry, on the same note…
“There is a high probability that events with magnitudes between 3.8 and 5.0 will continue to be recorded in the coming days” and that “the probability of an earthquake of similar or greater magnitude than the main event is very low, although the occurrence is not can be completely excluded,” emphasized MARN.
“The origin of this seismic activity is attributed to the subduction process of the Cocos and Caribbean tectonic plates and does not represent a tsunami threat for El Salvador,” he said.
After the strongest earthquake, Salvadoran Civil Protection registered at least six collapses in different places and damage to five buildings, General Director Luis Amaya reported this Wednesday at a press conference.
There are no reports of deaths or injuries, he said.
The earthquake was recorded off the coast of the eastern department of Usulután, 66 kilometers south of El Espino beach, and at a depth of 51.48 kilometers, according to the MARN monitoring center, adding that it was felt in neighboring countries. from Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. .
Users of social networks assured that, in some areas, the electricity and the telephone network were cut off, the EFE agency announced.
Most of the earthquakes in El Salvador occur in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and at greater depths.
In 2021, the country registered two earthquakes, measuring 7.7 and 6.6 on the open Richter scale.
Source: TSF
