Cairo - Sana
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck east of the Egyptian city of Hurghada, according to the National Seismological Network in Egypt.
And the Egyptian website for the seventh day on the Internet quoted Dr. Gad El-Qadi, head of the Egyptian National Institute for Astronomical Research, as saying in a statement today that “the earthquake occurred 86 kilometers east of Hurghada inside the Red Sea, which was felt by residents of several cities in the Red Sea and Upper Egypt cities without any losses or damages Material "indicating that the tremor occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers.
A tremor measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck on the 30th of last January off the city of Alexandria in northern Egypt without causing any injuries or damage.
