A earthquake with a magnitude 6.0 degrees rocked The Savior Thursday night, leaving no victims and with minimal material damage, the Salvadoran government reported this Friday.
The telluric movement was recorded at 22:26 local time (4:26 GMT on Friday) and its epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean 37 km south of Mizata beach from the department of Freedomat a depth of 41 km, specified the Ministry of Environment (MARN) in a report.
The President Nayib Bukele He said there have been no reports of damage from the military or police.
“Coastline uneventful. Major roads undamaged. Apparently the earthquake has caused no damage. Thank God,” she tweeted.
In his last report after the earthquakethe general director of Civil Protection, Luis Amaya, said this Friday that after a verification throughout the country it was determined that as a result of the tremor “no person was injured, no victim.”
“We didn’t have much of an impact”assured.
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The only material damage registered by Civil Protection due to the earthquake were the collapse of two walls in houses in the department of San Salvador, where the capital of the same name is located.
The earthquake It was also felt in Guatemala, as reported on Twitter by the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred), which did not report affected people or material damage in that nation.
In social networks, Salvadorans pointed out that the earthquake was felt in the 14 departments of the country, but it was “more sensitive” in the coastal zone, according to MARN.
In San Salvador, the tremor caused alarm in the population. In many residential areas, people left their homes and took to the streets, according to local press reports.
possible aftershocks
Director of Civil protection asked the citizens “stay tuned” to the eventual occurrence of new earthquakes.
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Amaya added that “all institutions” of the system “are ready to assist the population if necessary” after an earthquake.
After earthquake of 6.0 degrees, the Ministry of the Environment indicated that it has registered at least six aftershocks with an epicenter in the same area as the first event.
“The strongest aftershock has been with a magnitude of 3.8 degrees, so we call on the population to be vigilant,” said the Minister of the Environment, Fernando López, at a press conference.
“Earthquakes cannot be predicted,” said López, who, however, did not rule out the possibility that the 6.0-degree tremor “can activate local faults” that could eventually cause other earthquakes.
