San Salvador.- The number of aftershocks recorded in The Savior between Tuesday, when a strong earthquake of magnitude occurred 6.8 with epicenter in the Pacific Coastand the 12:30 local time (18:30 GMT) from this Thursday amounts to 157according to Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN).
The government entity pointed out that of the total tremors, only 44 have been felt by the population, mainly by residents of the East Side of the country, with magnitudes that oscillate between 3.5 and 5.4.
main tremor, of magnitude 6.8, it happened at 18.22 local time of Tuesday (00.22 GMT on Wednesday) Front of east coast of the department of Usulután, 66 kilometers south of El Espino beach, According to information from the monitoring center of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.
The data indicates that the earthquake had a focal depth of 51.48 kilometers and there is no tsunami threat for The Savior, pointed the MARN.
According to a special report from MARN, Due to the characteristics of the registered signals, «the origin of this seismic activity is attributed to the process of subduction of the Cocos and Caribbean tectonic plates and does not pose a tsunami threat to The Savior«.
It adds that “there is a high probability that events with magnitudes between 3.8 and 5.0in the coming days,” and that “the probability of an earthquake of similar magnitude or greater than the main event is very low, although its occurrence cannot be completely ruled out.”
The earthquake caused landslides in some areas of the country, material damage in at least six houses and in three public schools, according to official sources that have not reported any victims or deaths.
Most of the earthquakes that occur in The Savior they usually have their origin in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and at much greater depth.
The last time The Savior was devastated by the powerful telluric movements was in 2001, when they occurred two earthquakes of 7.7 and 6.6, which left hundreds of dead, injured, homeless and heavy losses. EFE
