A 5.0-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale struck the northern Gulf of Aqaba region on Wednesday at 11:24 AM Cairo time and was felt by several residents in the cities of Dahab and Nuweiba in the South Sinai Governorate.
Speaking to Al-Masry Al-Youm, the head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Bassem Nabawy, stated that the institute has not yet received any reports of casualties or property damage in Egyptian areas resulting from the tremor.
He noted that reports so far are limited to residents feeling the quake north of Dahab in South Sinai, adding that no other repercussions have been recorded inside Egypt.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the tremor occurred at 9:20 AM UTC (11:20 AM Cairo time) at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
