List of earthquakes in Egypt

Seismic hazard for the Eastern Mediterranean from the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) in terms of peak ground acceleration with a 10% chance of being exceeded (or a 90% chance of not being exceeded) within the next 50 years

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	Latitude	Longitude	Fatalities	Magnitude	Comments	Sources
November 27, 885		Cairo	30.0	31.1	1,000	X		[1]
March 18, 1068	morning	Hejaz see 1068 Near East earthquake	28.5	36.7	~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	[2][3]
September 2, 1754		Cairo	30.8	31.0	40,000		The death toll is questioned, but is not unreasonable for a shallow earthquake in an area of high population density	[4]
August 7, 1847		Faiyum	29.5	30.5	185	XI		[5]
September 12, 1955	06:09	Offshore Alexandria see 1955 Alexandria earthquake	32.2	29.6	18	6.3 Ms		[6]
March 31, 1969	07:15	Red Sea, Sharm El Sheikh see 1969 Sharm El Sheikh earthquake	27.6	33.9	2	6.6 Ms		[7]
October 12, 1992	13:09	Cairo see 1992 Cairo earthquake	29.778	31.144	545	5.8 Mb		[8]
November 22, 1995	04:15	Gulf of Aqaba see 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake	28.826	34.799	8	7.3 Mw		[9]

References

1. "NGDC page on the 885 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
2. Ambraseys, N. N.; Melville, C. P.; Adams, R. D. (2005), The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea: A Historical Review, Cambridge University Press, pp. 30, 31, 101, ISBN 978-0521020251
3. Klinger, Y.; Avoua, J. P.; Dorbath, L.; Abou Karaki, N.; Tisnerat, N. (2000), "Seismic behaviour of the Dead Sea fault along the Araba valley, Jordan" (PDF), Geophysical Journal International, Wiley-Blackwell, 142 (3): 772, doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00166.x
4. "NGDC page on the 1754 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
5. "NGDC page on the 1847 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
6. Ambraseys, N. N.; Melville, C. P.; Adams, R. D. (2005), The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea: A Historical Review, Cambridge University Press, p. 88, ISBN 978-0521020251
7. Ambraseys, N. N.; Melville, C. P.; Adams, R. D. (2005), The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea: A Historical Review, Cambridge University Press, pp. 91–93, ISBN 978-0521020251
8. "NGDC page on the 1992 Cairo earthquake". Retrieved 9 June 2010.
9. Klinger, Yann; Rivera, Luis; Haessler, Henri; Maurin, Jean-Christophe (August 1999). "Active Faulting in the Gulf of Aqaba: New Knowledge from the Mw 7.3 Earthquake of 22 November 1995" (PDF). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Seismological Society of America. 89 (4): 1025–1036.