The El Salvador earthquake of 2014 hit the Central America Pacific coast nation on the late hours of past Monday - a tsunami alert was issued at first due to strong waves, but a later report said that it wasn't a threat anymore. The El Salvador earthquake of 2014 had a 7.4 density on the Richter scale, a fairly powerful tectonic movement.
The El Salvador earthquake of 2014 also hit neighboring country of Nicaragua, and was felt throughout a good portion of Central America in countries like Honduras, Guatemala and Panama. At the time of the El Salvador earthquake of 2014, a spokesperson for the Nicaraguan government, Rosario Murillo, advised residents of near-ocean areas to seek out higher land in the case of a tsunami, according to Reuters.
Depending on different circumstances, earthquakes near the coast can cause tsunamis later on. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is in charge of tracking earthquake data on the West Coast in case that kind of thing happens. However, the tsunami danger passed and the Central American countries resumed to their non-emergency status.
The U.S. Geological Survey said that Monday's quake struck 42 miles (67 km) west-southwest of Jiquilillo in Nicaragua and 174 km southeast of San Salvador. The report also said that the earthquake hit at a depth of about 25 miles (40 km).
According to the Salvadorian emergency services, a dozen homes in the town of Usultan were damaged and The Huffington Post also reports that the mayor of the city of San Miguel, Wilfredo Salgado, said on his Twitter account that a person had been killed after an electricity post fell on them during the quake.
The El Salvador earthquake of 2014 was quite unlike the one that happened 12 years ago, in 2001, when two powerful quakes a month apart from each other hit the coasts of the country and killed more than 1,150 citizens.
