M2.9 earthquake 21 km WSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt on Sun, Feb 18, 1996, 1:59 PM GMT+3 (10:59 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
- 2.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-02-18 10:59:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.938° N, 34.477° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.19 km W of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11181 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.3Egypt · 11179 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.026 km SW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11174 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.038 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11174 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.217 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11128 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.827 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11127 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.911 km S of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11124 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 3.030 km N of Dahab, Egypt · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.835 km S of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11184 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.230 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11185 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.236 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11186 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.037 km SSE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.551 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.417 km SSW of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.022 km NNE of Dahab, Egypt · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.118 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11187 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.310 km ESE of Tala Bay, Jordan · 11195 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.125 km NW of Eilat, Israel · 11196 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.810 km N of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11196 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 · 44 km away
- 3.1Egypt · 11199 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Dahab, Egypt · 11199 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11200 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.054 km ESE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11206 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.829 km E of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt · 11208 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007db5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC.