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[My Favorite Headache]

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a strong magnitude-7.4 earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador and a tsunami warning has been issued.

The earthquake was located 86 miles (138 kilometers) south-southwest of San Miguel, the USGS reported on its web site.

The temblor took place at a depth of 32.9 miles (53 kilometers).

A tsunami warning is in effect for Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico.

[Errant]

Ping! Looks like the entire Americas is going to see increased activity!

[bd476]

I was posting the the entire story and details here apparently while you were hurriedly posting just the headline.

Breaking News:

Magnitude 7.4 - OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR

2012 August 27 04:37:23 UTC

Earthquake Details

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	7.4
Date-Time	Monday, August 27, 2012 at 04:37:23 UTC Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 10:37:23 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	12.279°N, 88.530°W
Depth	52.9 km (32.9 miles)
Region	OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Distances	111 km (68 miles) S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador 118 km (73 miles) S of Usulutan, El Salvador 123 km (76 miles) S of San Rafael Oriente, El Salvador 133 km (82 miles) S of Santiago de Maria, El Salvador
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 16.5 km (10.3 miles); depth +/- 8.8 km (5.5 miles)
Parameters	NST=362, Nph=362, Dmin=130.2 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp=115°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc000c7yw

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Regarding the current unusual California earthquake swarm :

Dr. Lucy Jones, USGS Seismologist said that there had not been a swarm like this since the 70s and before that the 30s. It will take them a day or two to get a better read on this unusual swarm because the earth is a different soil, different mix which makes it difficult to get an accurate reading.

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. . . "What we're seeing is a classic Brawley seismic swarm,'' USGS seismologist Lucy Jones told City News Service. "We haven't seen one of these since the 1970s, and there was another one back in the 1930s.''

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Jones said USGS seismographs and analysis computers were overwhelmed by the rash of rattling that began at sunrise, and reached a crescendo with a magnitude 5.3 quake just after 12:30 p.m. It was followed by a 4.9 shaker within two minutes.

"Our system is choking on so many earthquakes,'' Jones said. "This area of California is deep soils, and we do not get as precise data as we do over the rest of the state, and that makes our data a little less precise.''

Moderate Earthquakes Rock San Diego County Sunday, August 26, 2012 By KPBS and City News Service

[tsowellfan]

Any live TV links? Even Salvador TV?

[bd476]

[waus]

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[Pride in the USA]

ping

[ponygirl]

A 5.4 in the Gulf off Rocky Point... that’s getting a little too close to home! Gonna take some valuables off the shelves before I go to bed, because we shook during the 7.2 in Mexicali a couple years back.

[conservaterian]

Earthquakes, hurricanes etc. Maybe THIS will make the GOPe reconsider Mitt.

[nuconvert]

“massive damage reported” ?

No reports of damage, injuries after 7.4 magnitude quake strikes off coast of El Salvador

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/08/27/tsunami-warning-issued-after-74-magnitude-quake-strikes-off-coast-el-salavador/?test=latestnews

[A.A. Cunningham]

Where’s the USGS link?

[TankerKC]

I was stationed in Honduras in 2001 when there was a 7.6 off the coast of El Salvador. We choppered in to coordinate the humanitarian assistance. The damage was incredible. The building codes (if there are any) allow for shacks to be built up the side of hills. It was horrible.

[mcleodglen]

God bless those people over there!