El Salvador: risk of tsunami after 6.6 coastal earthquake

A earthquake of 6.6 degrees on the coast of The Savior recorded on Thursday sparked fear of the people who fled their homes and the authorities' warning for a tsumani possible.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been warning from his Twitter account and has asked people to move away from the Pacific Ocean for the next four hours.

The epicenter was about 28 km south-southeast of La Libertad, a suburb of Santa Techa, capital of the La Libertad region, at a depth of 65 km.

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In addition, 14 aftershocks of magnitude between 4.1 and 5.0 have been reported. "The monitoring of the whole country shows that there have been no serious or widespread effects," said the civil protection agency on Twitter.

Iván García, from the Red Cross, detailed: "In the follow-up we did, we only have reports of small landslides on the roads, there are no reports of casualties."

The Fire department and police They indicated that "tracing" is being done throughout the territory to check for any damage caused by the earthquake.

The elected president, Nayib Bukele, said on Twitter that the earthquake was felt "on 100% of the national territory".

At the same time, the Ministry of Education announced the suspension of clbades in schools located in coastal areas as a preventive measure.