According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua on Monday.
Until now, no personal or material damages have been reported by the phenomenon, at a depth of 77.3 kilometers.
It had its epicenter in the sea, facing the Gulf of Fonseca, in an area where the territories of the three Central American nations converge.
The Salvadoran Ministry of the Environment initially reported that the quake had a magnitude of 5.8 based on preliminary data.
Fermín Pérez, deputy director of Civil Protection of El Salvador, reported that specialized personnel were transferred to areas classified as vulnerable to carry out verifications to rule out possible damage.
According to the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Attention (Sinapred) of Nicaragua, the earthquake was perceived 55 kilometers southwest of Punta Cosigüina, on the Atlantic coast.
In Honduras, it did not leave any victims or material damage either. The director of the Permanent Contingency Commission (Copeco), Lisandro Rosales, said that it was felt strongly in the cities of San Lorenzo and Nacaome, in the southern department of Valle, on the border with El Salvador, and Amapala, in the Gulf of Fonseca.
In Nicaragua, it caused the massive evacuation of state and private buildings, although with no record of damage to people or materials.
The tremor occurred at 10:22 local time (16:03 GMT) on the Pacific coast, and an aftershock was recorded in the same area of magnitude 5.1.
According to Nicaraguan information, the tremors were related to the clash between the Coco and Caribe tectonic plates.
