Urgent: 6.0-magnitude quake hits 81 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador -- USGS-Xinhua

Urgent: 6.0-magnitude quake hits 81 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador -- USGS

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-08-23 17:54:00

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 81 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador at 09:14:21 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 13.08 degrees north latitude and 90.36 degrees west longitude.