- Title: Salvadorans on alert after 7.0-magnitude quake strikes region
- Date: 25th November 2016
- Summary: LA LIBERTAD, EL SALVADOR (NOVEMBER 24, 2016) (REUTERS) SHORELINE WAVES LAPPING SHORE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE BEACH YOUNG MAN FISHING OFF PIER PEOPLE AT SHORELINE VARIOUS OF LOCAL MARKET MAN SKILLETING SEAFOOD (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL, MARTIN CORNEJO, SAYING: "They (authorities) cancelled the preventative alert. We took the alert as such and at this time we are monitoring the wave that we have seen. There has not been a change but it is not a bad thing to have taken these precautions." MEN PUTTING COVER OVER TOP OF BOAT LA LIBERTAD MAYOR MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ (CENTRE) WALKING WITH LOCALS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LA LIBERTAD MAYOR MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ, SAYING: "The truth is that after the earthquake at 12.43pm Municipal Protection and I were present to monitor all the beaches in the municipality and truthfully everything is calm, the water is calm. Tourism is continuing." GENERAL VIEW OF LOCALS PLAYING SOCCER ON THE BEACH BOAT IN WATER BOAT BEING LIFTED TO PIER BOAT ON PIER AREA
- Embargoed: 10th December 2016 02:21
- Keywords: earthquake tsunami El Salvador Central America
- Location: LA LIBERTAD, EL SALVADOR
- City: LA LIBERTAD, EL SALVADOR
- Country: El Salvador
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA00159XWLZ7
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- Story Text: Residents of El Salvador were on alert on Thursday (November 24) after a strong earthquake off the Pacific Coast of Central America shook the region, triggering a tsunami warning. Little damage has been reported, as of Thursday.
The 7.0 magnitude quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.2, was very shallow at 10.3 kilometres (6.4 miles) below the seabed, a location that could have amplified its effect.
Its epicentre was located some 149 km (93 miles) south-southwest of Puerto Triunfo in El Salvador, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre warned that tsunami waves of up to 1 metre (3 feet) could hit the Pacific coasts of El Salvador after the quake, but later said that available data showed the threat had passed.
In the Salvadoran fishing village of La Libertad residents resumed normal activity but mindful of the tsunami warning.
"They (authorities) cancelled the preventative alert. We took the alert as such and at this time we are monitoring the wave that we have seen. There has not been a change but it is not a bad thing to have taken these precautions," said local, Martin Cornejo.
The quake and tsunami warning came as a hurricane barrelled into the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
But in La Libertad, Mayor Miguel Angel Jimenez played down any danger to the fishing community.
"The truth is that after the earthquake at 12.43pm Municipal Protection and I were present to monitor all the beaches in the municipality and truthfully everything is calm, the water is calm. Tourism is continuing," said Jimenez.
In Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega declared a state of emergency due to the quake and Hurricane Otto, which landed on the country's southeastern coast earlier on Thursday (November 24), his spokeswoman said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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