Urgent: 5.5-magnitude quake hits 69 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador -- USGS-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.5-magnitude quake hits 69 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador -- USGS

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-08-13 08:46:00

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted 69 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador at 0030 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 56.8 km, was initially determined to be at 12.61 degrees north latitude and 88.29 degrees west longitude.