A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Nicaragua just off its north-western Pacific coastline, the US Geological Survey, which monitors earthquakes worldwide, reported today.
The epicentre of the quake, which stuck at 0937 GMT, was in the ocean 23 kilometres west-southwest of the town of Jiquilillo, and 160 kilometres west-northwest of the capital Managua, the USGS reported.
The quake epicentre is at a depth of 70.9 kilometres and located just south of the Gulf of Fonseca, shared by Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.
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In El Salvador, government officials said that the earthquake was felt across the small Central American country.
"There are no reports of personal or material damage," the Salvadoran office of Civil Protection said.
No report yet from officials in Nicaragua or Honduras.
