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El Salvador's Off-Coast Gets an Earthquake

By Hemaja Burud

According to the United States Geological Survey, an earthquake of a preliminary

5.7 magnitude struck Thursday night 43 kilometres off the coast of El Salvador,

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not far from the nation's capital San Salvador.

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El Salvador is the smallest nation in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the east and south and Guatemala to the north.

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Natural calamities like hurricanes and earthquakes can strike the nation.

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According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, El Salvador's

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coast experienced an earthquake on Thursday with a magnitude of 5.5. (EMSC).

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Via Twitter, El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele gave the earthquake a magnitude of 5.9.

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