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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Conchagua in El Salvador, USGS says

December 09, 2024
Reuters - Reuters

(Corrects day of the week to Sunday)

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck near Conchagua, El Salvador, on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said.

The quake was at a depth of 15.4 kilometres (9.57 miles), USGS said.

(This story has been refiled to fix the day of the week to Sunday, not Thursday, in paragraph 1)

(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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