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Wednesday June 27, 2012

Quake strikes western El Salvador


LONDON: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck western El Salvador's Ahuachapan department at 0630 GMT, the U.S. Geological Survey, monitored in London, reported.

The quake's epicentre was 48.8 miles underground, about 12 miles west southwest of the department capital, also named Ahuachapan, the USGS said. - Reuters

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