Egypt earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 35 km NE of Dahab, Egypt

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 35 km NE of Dahab, Egypt on Thu, Jan 4, 1996, 8:22 PM GMT+3 (17:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Egypt. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1996-01-04 17:22:39 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
28.717° N, 34.745° E
Region
Egypt
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.628 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.932 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11222 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.717 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11221 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.532 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.232 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 3.835 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.334 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 4.023 km NNE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11219 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 3.816 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11219 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.816 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11219 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 3.441 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11218 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.327 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11214 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 3.820 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11212 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 3.829 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11205 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.054 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11203 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.220 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.822 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 3.1Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 4.430 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 4.520 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 4.019 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.810 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11193 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 4.310 km ESE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11192 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 4.193 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 11185 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 4.118 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 3.022 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 3.417 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 4.1102 km W of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.551 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 3.037 km SSE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 3.236 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11183 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 3.230 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11182 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 2.835 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11181 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 3.030 km N of Dahab, Egypt · 11181 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.921 km WSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11178 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 3.19 km W of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11178 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 5.3Egypt · 11176 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 4.026 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11171 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 5.038 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11171 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 4.331 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 4.434 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.034 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 3.512 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.935 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 4.028 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.946 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 3.931 km NW of Dahab, Egypt · 11225 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 3.314 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11225 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 3.327 km NNW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11225 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.830 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11226 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 3.228 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11226 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 3.217 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11226 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 3.229 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11226 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 3.217 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11227 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 4.025 km SE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11230 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 5.139 km SE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11233 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.242 km SE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11234 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 4.023 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11239 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.531 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11244 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away

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