SAN SALVADOR: A moderate earthquake shook El Salvador on Thursday and was felt in neighboring Guatemala, claiming no victims and causing no damage
in either country, officials said.
The offshore temblor measured 5.9 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
It struck at around 1:00 pm (1900 GMT) and its epicenter was around 47 miles (76 kilometers) to the west of San Salvador, in the Pacific Ocean, according to the USGS.
The Salvadoran seismology service said the quake measured 6.0 on the Richter scale, and emergency services personnel said it was felt in parts of Guatemala, El Salvador's neighbor to the north.
Source: indiatimes.com
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Nicaragua, El Salvador close borders with Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Nicaragua and El Salvador closed on Saturday their customs posts on the Honduras border and will open them again on Monday to avoid any possible incidents linked to Honduras' Sunday elections, Honduras police officers said.
Nicaragua sealed its El Espino, Guasaule and Las Manos border posts beginning at 6 a.m. local time (1200 GMT), police spokesman Orlin Cerrato told media. El Salvador will do the same thing at noon local time (1800 GMT), he added.
At the same press conference, Rene Maradiaga Panchame, the head of the National Police's General Directorate of Special Investigations, said that Nicaragua had taken the measure "to avoid any possible problems or speculation."
Roberto Micheletti, who became Honduras' president after the June 28 coup, responded to the news by blaming Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez accusing him of trying to apply boycotts to Hondurans "right to be free."
Hondurans are going to the polls amid a crisis that has seen the nation pushed out of the Organization of American States. Only three nations recognize the elections as they are currently configured: the United Sates and its close allies Colombia and Panama.
Source: xinhuanet.com
Nicaragua sealed its El Espino, Guasaule and Las Manos border posts beginning at 6 a.m. local time (1200 GMT), police spokesman Orlin Cerrato told media. El Salvador will do the same thing at noon local time (1800 GMT), he added.
At the same press conference, Rene Maradiaga Panchame, the head of the National Police's General Directorate of Special Investigations, said that Nicaragua had taken the measure "to avoid any possible problems or speculation."
Roberto Micheletti, who became Honduras' president after the June 28 coup, responded to the news by blaming Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez accusing him of trying to apply boycotts to Hondurans "right to be free."
Hondurans are going to the polls amid a crisis that has seen the nation pushed out of the Organization of American States. Only three nations recognize the elections as they are currently configured: the United Sates and its close allies Colombia and Panama.
Source: xinhuanet.com
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
El Salvador Twitter
El Salvador (Spanish: República de El Salvador, literally meaning "Republic of the Savior") is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. It borders the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras. It lies on the Gulf of Fonseca, as does Nicaragua further south. It has a population of approximately 5.7 million people as of 2009 on 21,000 km2. The capital city of San Salvador is the most important metropolis of the republic. El Salvador eliminated its currency, the colón, and adopted the U.S. dollar in 2001
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