SInai Desert Earthquake

Moderate earthquake in the Sinai desert, Egypt

Last update: June 1, 2013 at 12:07 pm by By

Update 12:09 UTC : USGS has reported a Magnitude of 4.8 at a depth of 10 km. We keep our estimate that this earthquake will not be damaging outside a radius of 30 km (all major populated areas are outside this radius)

Update 12:01 UTC : we seemed to be wrong as this earthquake was also felt in Cairo as a very weak shaking (reported by our readers). Our bottom map shows that there were NO significant earthquakes in this area since 1900.

A moderate earthquake happened in the Egypt desert. We do not expect however that this earthquake was felt in Cairo, unless we get notifications from people there. So far none.

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268 km SE of Cairo, Egypt / pop: 7,734,614 / local time: 14:49:35.0 2013-06-01
51 km N of Tor, Egypt / pop: 14,972 / local time: 14:49:35.0 2013-06-01

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 4.8

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-06-01 13:49:33

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-06-01 11:49:33

Moderate earthquake in the Sinai desert, Egypt