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Earthquakes in Egypt
Every earthquake in and around Egypt since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year1M2.5+
Magnitude 6+2since 1900
StrongestM 6.61969 · 29 km NE of El Gouna, Egypt
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Egypt
- 6.6 29 km NE of El Gouna, Egypt Mar 31, 1969
- 6.2 129 km NNW of Rosetta, Egypt Sep 12, 1955
- 5.8 10 km ESE of 6th of October City, Egypt Oct 12, 1992
- 5.7 39 km W of Marsa Alam, Egypt Nov 12, 1955
- 5.6 30 km NNE of El Gouna, Egypt Jun 28, 1972
- 5.5 74 km SSE of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Jun 16, 2020
- 5.5 41 km E of Mersa Matruh, Egypt May 28, 1998
- 5.5 223 km SSE of Fry, Greece Jul 18, 1919
- 5.4 20 km ENE of Dahab, Egypt Nov 22, 1995
- 5.3 17 km E of Dahab, Egypt Aug 3, 1993
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 5.0 41 km NNE of Suez, Egypt Aug 3, 2026
- 4.4 26 km S of Dahab, Egypt Oct 31, 2024
- 4.4 220 km N of Rosetta, Egypt Oct 29, 2024
- 4.2 74 km E of Makadi Bay, Egypt Sep 19, 2024
- 4.2 30 km NE of Hurghada, Egypt Apr 14, 2023
- 3.8 23 km NNW of Suez, Egypt Feb 23, 2023
- 4.7 28 km WSW of El-Tor, Egypt Dec 27, 2022
- 4.3 29 km E of Aţfīḩ, Egypt Feb 1, 2022
- 4.3 Egypt Feb 19, 2021
- 4.1 153 km NNW of Rosetta, Egypt Nov 24, 2020
- 5.5 74 km SSE of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Jun 16, 2020
- 4.2 193 km N of Mersa Matruh, Egypt Apr 28, 2020
- 4.4 75 km E of Makadi Bay, Egypt Jan 18, 2020
- 4.4 40 km SE of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Nov 19, 2019
- 4.4 102 km NNE of Rosetta, Egypt Jul 5, 2019