This Article is From Mar 02, 2014

Strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Nicaragua's west coast

San Salvador: A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Nicaragua just off its north-western Pacific coastline, the US Geological Survey, which monitors earthquakes worldwide, reported on Sunday.

The epicenter of the quake, which stuck at 0937 GMT, was in the ocean 23 kilometers (14 miles) west-southwest of the town of Jiquilillo, and 160 kilometers (99 miles) west-northwest of the capital Managua, the USGS reported.

The quake epicenter is at a depth of 70.9 kilometers (44 miles) and located just south of the Gulf of Fonseca, shared by Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

In El Salvador, government officials said that the earthquake was felt across the small Central American country.

"There are no reports of personal or material damage," the Salvadoran office of Civil Protection said.

No report yet from officials in Nicaragua or Honduras.
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