M4.7 earthquake 22 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 22 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt on Tue, Aug 3, 1993, 11:53 PM GMT+3 (20:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-08-03 20:53:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.672° N, 34.567° 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 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.427 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12107 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.634 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12105 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.723 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt · 12101 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.313 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12101 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.233 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12099 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.923 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12098 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.531 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12093 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.414 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12070 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.922 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12063 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.610 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.635 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.729 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.843 km NNW of Saint Catherine, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.119 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.029 km ESE of Dahab, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.317 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.130 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.127 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.513 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 12111 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.442 km NNW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12114 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.725 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12114 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.723 km S of Dahab, Egypt · 12119 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005xx3. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.