M3.4 earthquake 17 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 17 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt on Mon, Feb 12, 1996, 8:48 PM GMT+3 (17:48 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
- 3.4 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-02-12 17:48:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.894° N, 34.606° 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.551 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.037 km SSE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.236 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11186 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.230 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11185 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.835 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.030 km N of Dahab, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.921 km WSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11181 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.19 km W of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11180 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.3Egypt · 11179 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.026 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11173 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.038 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11173 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.217 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11128 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 3.022 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.118 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.193 km E of Dahab, Egypt · 11188 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.310 km ESE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11195 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.125 km NW of Eilat, Israel · 11195 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.810 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11195 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.019 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11197 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.520 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11197 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.430 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11197 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.1Egypt · 11198 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11198 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11199 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.054 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11206 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.829 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11208 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.820 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11214 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007ctx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.