5.4 Earthquake Shakes El
Salvador
An earthquake registered
5.4 on the Richter scale
shook on Tuesday some
areas of El Salvador
without producing
victims or damages.
The earthquake took
place at 9:05 a.m. local
time (1505 GMT) and had
its epicenter in front
to the coasts of
Guatemala, according to
information reaching
here from San Salvador.
Salvadorian National
Service of Territorial
Studies (SNET) said that
the earthquake was of
three degrees at the
Mercalli scale. This
means it was light, but
was felt by people at
houses and buildings.
On Oct. 16, another
earthquake measuring 6.5
in the Richter scale hit
coast in the border
between Mexico and
Guatemala.
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