Word now An earthquake measuring 5.3 degrees near Sharm El-Sheikh in the Red Sea

Arab Weather - Egyptian earthquake observatories recorded a tremor measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, near the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, inside the waters of the Red Sea. The residents of the surrounding areas, including parts of Cairo, felt that no losses were reported.

The tremor occurred at 2:30 pm on Tuesday 16-6-2020 UTC and at a depth of 2 km.

It is noteworthy that the regions of the eastern basin of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea basin have been subject to seismic activity for nearly 3 months if seismic stations recorded many earthquakes, some of which were inside Jordanian, Syrian and Palestinian lands.