Egypt | A 5-magnitude earthquake south of Sinai, and the Research Institute warns of the consequences of the earthquake and explains why some citizens did not feel it

Weather of Arabia - The National Institute for Astronomical Research said that the earthquake, which was recorded by the stations of the national earthquake monitoring network affiliated with the institute, today, Tuesday, 12/27/2022, 26 km southwest of Al-Tur, will have aftershocks over the course of two days.

And the National Institute for Astronomical Research continued on its official page on the social networking site Facebook: “There will be aftershocks of that earthquake, but its strength is much less than the main earthquake, and it may not be felt by any of the citizens, and that will be during the day and tomorrow at the latest.

A number of citizens, in several governorates in Egypt, felt an earthquake after two o'clock in the morning on Tuesday, and the northern Red Sea cities of Hurghada, Ras Gharib and Ras Shuqair were subjected to the earthquake, which was felt by the residents of these cities.

Eyewitnesses confirmed, in the governorates of Cairo, the Red Sea, Beni Suef, Sohag, Minya, Beni Suef, and South Sinai, that the earthquake occurred in their governorates.

earthquake data

• The date of the earthquake occurred today 12/27/2022
• Occurrence time: 02:11:02 am local time
• Strength: 5 on the Richter scale
• Latitude: 28.04 North
• Longitude: 33.48 East
• Depth: 9.61 km

The reason why some citizens do not feel the earthquake

The National Institute for Geophysical Astronomical Research in Egypt revealed the reasons why citizens did not feel some earthquakes, and indicated that the tremor that the country witnessed on Tuesday will have aftershocks over the next two days.

The institute explained on its Facebook page the reasons that lead to some people not feeling earthquakes despite their strength: “The best answer to that: It is very natural that citizens feel differently about any earthquake. ...on a ground floor or a high floor) and finally near the earthquake site," he said.