M3.0 earthquake 30 km N of Dahab, Egypt
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 30 km N of Dahab, Egypt on Fri, Feb 16, 1996, 5:33 AM GMT+3 (02:33 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
- 3.0 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-02-16 02:33:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.754° N, 34.473° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.921 km WSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11178 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.19 km W of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11178 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 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 · 13 km away
- 5.038 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11171 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.217 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11125 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.827 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11124 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.911 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11121 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 2.835 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11181 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.230 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11182 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.236 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11183 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.037 km SSE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.551 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.022 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.118 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.193 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 11185 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.310 km ESE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11192 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.810 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11193 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.019 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.520 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.430 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11194 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.1Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11197 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.054 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11203 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.829 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11205 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007d00. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.