List of earthquakes in Egypt

This is a list of earthquakes in Egypt, including earthquakes that either had their epicenter in Egypt, or caused significant damage in Egypt.

Seismic hazard

Seismic hazard in Egypt is highest at the southern end of the Gulf of Suez, the northern Red Sea and around the Gulf of Aqaba, the location of the active plate boundaries. The highest risk is the southern end of the Dead Sea Transform.

Notable earthquakes

Date Time‡ Place Lat Long Fatalities Comments Sources July 21, 365 Sunrise Alexandria See 365 Crete earthquake 35.0 23.0Many thousands8.5+ Felt widely in Egypt, Alexandria was severely damaged by the tsunami November 27, 885 Cairo 30.0 31.11,000X March 18, 1068 Morning Hejazsee 1068 Near East earthquakes 29.5 34.95~20,000≥7.0 Affected a wide area of Egypt, Sinai, Hejaz. The location given is the macroseismic epicenter, although the earthquake was probably located in the Gulf of Aqaba October 18, 1754 Cairosee 1754 Cairo earthquake 30.8 31.040,000 The death toll is questioned, but is not unreasonable for a shallow earthquake in an area of high population density August 7, 1847 Faiyum 29.5 30.5185XI October 12, 185602:38 or 02:45Crete, Greece see 1856 Heraklion earthquake35.526.010+7.7-8.3 Despite having an epicenter off the Greek islands, the earthquake was so powerful that in Egypt, intensity VIII was experienced. This caused damage to Alexandria, Cairo and the Nile delta with several deaths. September 12, 1955 06:09 Offshore Alexandriasee 1955 Alexandria earthquake 32.2 29.6186.3 89 injured March 31, 1969 07:15 Red Sea, Sharm El Sheikhsee 1969 Sharm El Sheikh earthquake 27.58 33.92 6.6 15 injured October 12, 1992 13:09 Dahshur, Egyptsee 1992 Cairo earthquake 29.778 31.1445615.8 12,392 injured November 22, 1995 04:15 Gulf of Aqabasee 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake 28.826 34.7999–127.3 30–69 injured

See also Geology of Egypt

References

Further reading