7.4 magnitute earthquake off coast of El Salvador: USGS

A handout shakemap released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on 14 October 2014 shows the area off the coast of El Salvador where a 7.4 magnitude struck at a depth of 70.5 km on 14 October 2014. - EPA

SAN SALVADOR: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck in the Pacific off El Salvador late Monday, prompting a brief tsunami warning, US government agencies said.

It was felt along the Central American coast, stretching south to Nicaragua and Costa Rica and inland to Honduras.