It is noted that the epicenter of the earthquake was located 79 km west of the city of Chinandega.
At the same time, tremors in intensity at the epicenter were rated as “quite strong”.
Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 occurred in El Salvador.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred off the coast of Nicaragua
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Near the coast of Nicaragua in the Pacific Ocean area, an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude occurred. Interfax informs this with reference to the Altai-Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Source: russiart
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