Magnitude 5.4
Earthquake Shakes
Pacific Coast of Nicaragua
Managua - An earthquake
measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook on
Monday morning the Pacific coast of
Nicaragua, with no injuries or property
damage reported, official sources said.
The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial
Studies (INETER) said at its website that
the earthquake occurred at 8:37 a.m. local
times (1437 GMT).
The INETER said that the earthquake was felt
in the Nicaraguan Pacific Litoral, La
Boquita and Casares in the department of
Carazo, some 46 km south of Managua.
The earthquake was a result of the clash
between the tectonic plates Coco and Caribe,
it added.
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