Moderate earthquake strikes El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - An earthquake shook parts of El Salvador on Thursday night, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries, authorities said. The quake, with a magnitude of 5.4, was centered 35 miles south of the capital, San Salvador, and occurred at 7:43 p.m., the United States Geological Survey in Colorado reported. The temblor was felt in the capital and in several western provinces of the country, but did not affect communications or power, or threaten to create a tsunami, national scientists said. Civil protection officials said they had received no reports of injuries.

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