A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Bilbays in Egypt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:54:22 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 31.8131° East, latitude 30.1329° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us10007un0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007un0. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/17 / 2017-01-21 16:54:22 / January 21, 2017 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Egypt (c. 80 472 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minūf, Shibīn al Kawm, Ziftá (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Cairo (c. 7 734 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Al Jīzah (c. 2 443 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Suez (c. 488 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Zagazig (c. 285 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Ismailia (c. 284 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from (c. 230 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SE of Bilbays, Egypt. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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