M3.9 earthquake 23 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 23 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt on Mon, Aug 16, 1993, 5:12 AM GMT+3 (02:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 31 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-08-16 02:12:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.663° N, 34.627° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.531 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12092 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.414 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12069 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.922 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12061 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.727 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12048 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.732 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12041 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.233 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12097 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.313 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12100 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.723 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt · 12100 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.634 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12103 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.427 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12106 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.722 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.610 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.635 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.729 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.843 km NNW of Saint Catherine, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.119 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.029 km ESE of Dahab, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.317 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.130 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 6.127 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.513 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 12109 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.442 km NNW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12112 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.725 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 12113 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.723 km S of Dahab, Egypt · 12118 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
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