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Magnitude 5.1 quake shakes El Salvador, killing at least one person
![At least one person was killed by an earthquake that hit a municipality in El Salvador Tuesday, local law enforcement revealed. (Photo by Rei-artur pt en Rei-artur blog [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)],)](https://canadianinquirer.net/v1/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/800px-LocationElSalvador.svg_.png)
At least one person was killed by an earthquake that hit a municipality in El Salvador Tuesday, local law enforcement revealed. (Photo by Rei-artur pt en Rei-artur blog [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)],)
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck El Salvador’s municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan, killing at least one person, local media said Tuesday, citing police.
According to TeleSur media outlet, the local police reported one person dead after a collapse on the Los Chorros road, while three people were hospitalized.
The quake occurred at the depth of 4 kilometers (about 2.5 miles), with its epicenter about 10.5 kilometers (6.5 miles) west of the country’s capital.
