M4.5 earthquake 94 km ESE of Dahab, Egypt
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 94 km ESE of Dahab, Egypt on Mon, Dec 11, 1995, 1:54 PM GMT+3 (10:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 39 km SE of Tala Bay, Jordan. 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 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-12-11 10:54:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.317° N, 35.442° 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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.221 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11245 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.531 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11244 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.242 km SE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11234 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.139 km SE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11233 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.984 km W of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia · 11229 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.229 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11226 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.228 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11226 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.830 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11226 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.946 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11225 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.028 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11225 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.935 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.034 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.434 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.331 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.035 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.628 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.932 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11222 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.532 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.232 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.835 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.334 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.441 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11218 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.327 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11214 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.820 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11212 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.829 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11205 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.054 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11203 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11197 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.1Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.430 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 5.018 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11248 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.328 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11248 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.385 km SE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11249 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.020 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11252 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.737 km SSE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11253 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.117 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11254 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.735 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11255 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.265 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11255 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.269 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11256 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.455 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11257 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.932 km SSE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11257 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.424 km N of Dahab, Egypt · 11258 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.635 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11263 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.912 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11264 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.945 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt · 11265 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.636 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11266 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.420 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt · 11266 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.150 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 11266 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.935 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11266 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.075 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11267 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Earthquakes todayEgypt earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00078th. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.