DEVELOPING: Unprecedented swarm of 130 earthquakes kills at least 1 in El Salvador – Yellow alert issued for entire country

Authorities in El Salvador have issued a yellow alert for the entire region after the country was struck by an unprecedented swarm of 130 moderately strong earthquakes since Yesterday. The strongest quake, a Magnitude 5.1 tremor, killed at least a person and injured several others on April 10, 2017. So far, one person is reported dead and three others have been

injured after the collapse of a big chunk of rock on the Los Chorros road. The largest earthquake of this seismic swarm in the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan, a Magnitude 5.1 earthquake, occurred at 5:52 pm local time, 2.5 miles deep, with its epicenter about 6.5 miles west of San Salvador. MORE