M7.4 - 111km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador

[itsrobert]

Source: usgs

Event Time

2012-08-27 04:37:23 UTC
2012-08-26 22:37:23 UTC-06:00 at epicenter
2012-08-26 21:37:23 UTC-07:00 system time
Nearby Cities

111km (69mi) S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador
118km (73mi) S of Usulutan, El Salvador
123km (76mi) S of San Rafael Oriente, El Salvador
133km (83mi) S of Santiago de Maria, El Salvador
171km (106mi) SSE of San Salvador, El Salvador

Read more: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000c7yw#summary

[itsrobert]

1. A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.TIBHWX.2012.08.27.0446

[starroute]

2. Offshore, it seems

[dipsydoodle]

3. Strong earthquake hits off El Salvador coast

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- A strong magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador followed an hour later by a magnitude-5.4 aftershock, authorities said early Monday. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.

A tsunami warning was put into effect for Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico after the quake struck at 10:37 p.m. Sunday. The warning was later rescinded.

David Walsh, an oceanographer with the Pacific Tsunami Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, said a minor, 10-centimeter (3.94-inche) tsunami was registered off Acajutla, El Salvador.

The quake was located 86 miles (138 kilometers) south-southwest of San Miguel, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its web site. The temblor took place at a depth of 32.9 miles (53 kilometers). The second quake registered about an hour later in the same area at a depth of 35.9 miles (57.8 km).

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_EL_SALVADOR_QUAKE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-27-03-33-57