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.
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