5.1 earthquake kills one in El Salvador

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least one person and injured two others in El Salvador on Monday, officials said.

The quake struck four kilometers (2.5 miles) below the surface at 2352 GMT in the town of Antiguo Cuscatlan near the capital, the environment ministry said on Twitter.

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The National Civil Police said a person was killed when a rock fell on their vehicle on a highway west of the capital San Salvador.

The Red Cross said separately that two people were taken to hospital after being injured in the same area.

Civil Protection chief Jorge Melendez said some people had been evacuated from their homes due to rockslides.

"As we have had a 5.1-strength earthquake at a fairly shallow level of four kilometers we have decided to raise the level of alert to orange, meaning search and rescue operations," he said on the radio.