<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">An earthquake shook buildings in El Salvador yesterday evening, but the temblor struck offshore and there were no immediate reports of damages.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Central American country's civil protection authorities said they were monitoring the situation, adding that there was no risk of a tsunami.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The US Geological Service said the quake had a magnitude of 5.9, upgrading its original reading of 5.7.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">A US embassy spokesman in El Salvador said the quake rocked the embassy building and there had been several reports of landslides outside the city.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">He said the tremor was not as severe as the quake which killed hundreds in the country last month.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The temblor hit about 50 miles southeast of the capital San Salvador.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Local radio reports said schools in San Salvador had been evacuated and residents had fled into the streets in panic.</div>