M4.5 earthquake 13 km NE of Dahab, Egypt
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 13 km NE of Dahab, Egypt on Tue, Aug 3, 1993, 3:31 PM GMT+3 (12:31 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 27 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-08-03 12:31:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.549° N, 34.608° E
- Region
- Egypt
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.127 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.130 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.317 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.029 km ESE of Dahab, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.119 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.843 km NNW of Saint Catherine, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.729 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.635 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.610 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.722 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12110 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.427 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12107 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.634 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12105 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.723 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt · 12101 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.313 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12101 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.233 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12099 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.923 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12098 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.531 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12093 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.414 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12070 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.922 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12062 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005xw8. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC.