M4.3 earthquake 27 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 27 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt on Sat, Jan 13, 1996, 8:47 PM GMT+3 (17:47 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
- 4.3 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-01-13 17:47:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.800° N, 34.656° 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: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.820 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11215 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.829 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11208 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.054 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11207 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11200 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11199 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.1Egypt · 11199 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.430 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11198 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.520 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11198 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.019 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11198 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.810 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.310 km ESE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11196 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.193 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 11188 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.118 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11188 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.022 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11188 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11188 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1102 km W of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia · 11188 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.551 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11188 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.037 km SSE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11188 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.236 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.230 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11185 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.835 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11185 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.030 km N of Dahab, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.921 km WSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11182 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.19 km W of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11181 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.3Egypt · 11179 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.026 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11174 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.038 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11174 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 3.441 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11222 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.816 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.816 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.023 km NNE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11223 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.334 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.835 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.232 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.532 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11224 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.717 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11225 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.932 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11225 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.628 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11227 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.035 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11227 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.331 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11227 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.434 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11227 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.034 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11227 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.512 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11228 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.935 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11228 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.028 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11228 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.946 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11228 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.931 km NW of Dahab, Egypt · 11229 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
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