Earthquake kills 1, injures 2 others in El Salvador

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rocked El Salvador, causing a landslide that killed one person and injured two others, emergency management officials said Tuesday.


Central El Salvador registered 380 earthquakes between Sunday night and Tuesday morning due to the shifting of tectonic plates in a geological fault, the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry said Tuesday.
 EFE/EPA
 11/4/17
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Magnitude mb 4.8
Region EL SALVADOR
Date time 2017-04-10 23:53:57.7 UTC
Location 13.73 N ; 89.24 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 7 km NW of San Salvador, El Salvador / pop: 526,000 / local time: 17:53:57.7 2017-04-10
7 km NE of Santa Tecla, El Salvador / pop: 125,000 / local time: 17:53:57.7 2017-04-10
3 km W of Mejicanos, El Salvador / pop: 161,000 / local time: 17:53:57.7 2017-04-10
 emsc-csem.org
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