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Urgent: 5.6-magnitude quake hits 12km SSW of Intipuca, El Salvador -- USGS

Xinhua,May 07, 2018 Adjust font size:

NEW YORK, May 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted 12km SSW of Intipuca, El Salvador at 19:02:22 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 13.0953 degrees north latitude and 88.0986 degrees west longitude. Enditem