In the last few hours, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) announced the parameters of the last earth movement recorded at 3:51 in the afternoon this Saturday and which generated alarm among the residents of the east of the country. which was where he felt most powerful.
The magnitude of the tremor was 4.5 on the Richter scale off the coast of the department of Usulután, 33 kilometers south of Jiquilisco Bay and with a focal depth of 55 kilometers.
The earthquake was felt in most of the national territory, but not in the departments of Chalatenango and Santa Ana.
#ElObservatorioInforma Instrumental intensity map after the occurrence of a mag earthquake. 4.5, off the Usulután Coast. [2024-01-27, 15:51:30]. pic.twitter.com/Kzz6JMblJX
— Ministry of Environment (@MedioAmbienteSV) January 27, 2024
This same day, another earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale was reported off the coast of Guatemala, 94 kilometers west of the Santiago bar with a depth of 68 kilometers. It was at 1:24 in the morning.
Earlier, Salvadorans were alarmed by a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Guatemala. On the same January 26, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources reported another earthquake of 3.8 off the coast of La Paz and another of magnitude 3.6 in Juayúa, department of Sonsonate.
This same week, another magnitude 3.8 was reported on the coast of La Paz, one of 5.1 on the coast of La Libertad, 3.8 on the coast of Libertad, 3.6 off the coast of La Paz and another of 3.7 off the coast of La Paz. Ahuachapan.