M2.8 earthquake 22 km NE of Dahab, Egypt
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 22 km NE of Dahab, Egypt on Thu, Feb 1, 1996, 11:09 AM GMT+3 (08:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 Egypt. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-02-01 08:09:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.619° N, 34.663° 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.430 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.520 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.019 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.810 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11193 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.310 km ESE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11192 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.193 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 11185 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.118 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.022 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1102 km W of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.551 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.037 km SSE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.236 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11183 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.230 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11182 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.835 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11181 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.030 km N of Dahab, Egypt · 11181 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.921 km WSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11178 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.19 km W of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11178 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.3Egypt · 11176 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.026 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11171 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.038 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11171 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.220 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11197 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.054 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11203 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.829 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11205 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.820 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11212 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.327 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11214 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.441 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11218 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.816 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11219 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.816 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11219 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.023 km NNE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11219 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.334 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.835 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.232 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.532 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11220 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.717 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11221 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.932 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11222 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.628 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.035 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.331 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.434 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.034 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007c3d. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC.