Strong earthquake off El Salvador
August 27, 2012
(AP) SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A strong magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador, followed an hour later by a second, magnitude-5.4 temblor, authorities said early Monday.
There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
A tsunami warning was put into effect for Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico after the quake struck at 10:37 p.m. Sunday. It was later rescinded.
David Walsh, an oceanographer with the Pacific Tsunami Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, said a minor 7.8-inch swell was registered off Acajutla, El Salvador.
The quake was located 86 miles south-southwest of San Miguel, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its web site. The temblor took place at a depth of 32.9 miles). The second quake registered about an hour later in the same area, officials said.
Alfonso Lara, a technician with El Salvador's Civil Protection agency, said authorities were alerted to the threat of a tsunami. "We are doing a general monitoring of the entire coast through our technicians and representatives," he said.
On Sunday, dozens of small to moderate earthquakes struck southeastern California, knocking trailer homes off their foundations and shattering windows in a small farming town east of San Diego. The largest quake registered at a magnitude 5.5 and was centered about three miles northwest of the town of Brawley, according to the USGS. Another quake about an hour and a half earlier registered at magnitude 5.3. No injuries were reported.
Earthquake Details
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
| Magnitude | 7.3 |
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| Date-Time |
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| Location | 12.278°N, 88.528°W |
| Depth | 20.3 km (12.6 miles) |
| Region | OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR |
| Distances | 111 km (68 miles) S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador 118 km (73 miles) S of Usulutan, El Salvador 123 km (76 miles) S of San Rafael Oriente, El Salvador 133 km (82 miles) S of Santiago de Maria, El Salvador |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 16.1 km (10.0 miles); depth +/- 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=345, Nph=345, Dmin=130.2 km, Rmss=1.21 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type=(unknown type), Version=D |
| Source |
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| Event ID | usc000c7yw INITIAL TSUNAMI INFORMATION... 000
WEPA42 PHEB 270445
TIBPAC
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0445Z 27 AUG 2012
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0437Z 27 AUG 2012
COORDINATES - 12.2 NORTH 88.5 WEST
DEPTH - 51 KM
LOCATION - OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA
MAGNITUDE - 7.4
EVALUATION
NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.
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Strong Earthquake Strikes El Salvador Coast
Published August 27, 2012
Fox News Latino
A strong earthquake has struck the El Salvador coast Sunday followed by a second 5.4 smaller quake.
Authorities say there have been no reports of damage or injuries. A tsunami warning had been put into effect shortly after the first tremor struck at 10:37 p.m. Sunday, but it was later rescinded.
The quake hit about 86 miles (138 km) offshore at a depth of just over 20 km (12 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It earlier gave the magnitude as 7.3.
A small tsunami hit the El Salvador port of Acajutla following the quake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
The-7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador followed an hour later by a magnitude-5.4 aftershock, authorities said early Monday. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
A tsunami warning was put into effect for Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico after the quake struck at 10:37 p.m. Sunday. The warning was later rescinded.
David Walsh, an oceanographer with the Pacific Tsunami Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, said a minor, 10-centimeter (3.94-inche) tsunami was registered off Acajutla, El Salvador.
The quake was located 86 miles (138 kilometers) south-southwest of San Miguel, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its web site. The temblor took place at a depth of 32.9 miles (53 kilometers). The second quake registered about an hour later in the same area at a depth of 35.9 miles (57.8 km).
Alfonso Lara, a technician with El Salvador's Civil Protection agency said authorities were alerted to the threat of a tsunami. "We are doing a general monitoring of the entire coast through our technicians and representatives," he said.
On Sunday, dozens of small to moderate earthquakes struck southeastern California, knocking trailer homes off their foundations and shattering windows in a small farming town east of San Diego. The largest quake registered at a magnitude 5.5 and was centered about three miles (five kilometers) northwest of the town of Brawley, according to the USGS. Another quake about an hour and a half earlier registered at magnitude 5.3. No injuries were reported.
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.
Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/08/27/major-quake-hits-off-el-salvador/#ixzz24lDsw9G1
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