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  • 2 weeks later...

7.4 magnitude quake hits off El Salvador, USGS says; No tsunami warnings or early reports of damage or injuries:

(Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean about 78 miles off the coast of El Salvador late Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

No destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is expected, and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

The center said, however, that although it did not know if a tsunami had been generated, a warning was in effect for Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico.

The earthquake struck 74 miles south of Usulutan, El Salvador, at a depth of 33 miles, the Geological Survey said.

There were no immediate reports of damage to coastal areas or to shipping.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/27/us-elsalvador-quake-idUSBRE87Q02U20120827

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A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck southern Maine shortly after 7 p.m. ET and was felt in Boston:

7:31PM EDT October 16. 2012 - A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck southern Maine shortly after 7 p.m. ET and was felt in Boston.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake, about 17 miles deep, was centered near Lake Arrowhead.

No reports so far of any damage.

The USGS says the New England region has "felt small earthquakes and suffered damage from infrequent larger ones since colonial times. Moderately damaging earthquakes strike somewhere in the region every few decades, and smaller earthquakes are felt roughly twice a year."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/ondeadline/2012/10/16/earthquake-maine-boston/1637441/?sf6651777=1

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