Light mag. 3.7 earthquake - 93 km northeast of Jazīrat Murayr Island, Red Sea, Egypt, on Thursday, 7 Jan 2021 5:54 am (GMT +2) -

Light magnitude 3.7 earthquake at 9 km depth

7 Jan 04:32 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 37 minutes.

Date & time: 7 Jan 2021 03:54:41 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 7 Jan 2021 5:54 am (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3.7
Depth: 9.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 23.67°N / 36.47°E

(Red Sea, Egypt)
Nearest volcano: Harrat Lunayyir (211 km / 131 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
168 km (105 mi) WSW of Yanbu (Saudi Arabia) (pop: 200,200) --> See nearby quakes!
171 km (106 mi) SSW of Umluj (Saudi Arabia) (pop: 33,900) --> See nearby quakes!
223 km (138 mi) SE of Marsa Alam (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
366 km (228 mi) E of Aswān (pop: 241,300) --> See nearby quakes!
369 km (229 mi) ESE of Kom Ombo (pop: 59,800) --> See nearby quakes!
392 km (244 mi) ESE of Edfu (pop: 133,000) --> See nearby quakes!
448 km (278 mi) ESE of Luxor (pop: 422,400) --> See nearby quakes!
469 km (291 mi) SE of Qina (pop: 235,400) --> See nearby quakes!
480 km (298 mi) SE of Hurghada (pop: 95,600) --> See nearby quakes!
879 km (546 mi) SE of Cairo (pop: 7,734,600) --> See nearby quakes!

Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky

25°C (77 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 8 m/s (16 kts) from NNW

Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 2.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) More info

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Magnitude	Depth	Location	Source
M 3.7	9 km	RED SEA, Egypt	EMSC
M 3.7	10 km	Red Sea, 366 Km E of Aswan, Egypt	ENSN

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مرسي علم / not felt / 1-2 s

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Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900

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Date / time UTC
| Mag |
Depth
|
Age
|
Distance
| Details
19 May 2009 17:35
| 5.7 |
5km / 3.1mi
|
12 years ago
|
221km / 138mi
| 56 km NE of Umluj, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia
19 May 2009 16:54
| 5.0 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
12 years ago
|
215km / 134mi
| 50 km NE of Umluj, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia
18 Dec 2004 10:49
| 4.8 |
17km / 10.6mi
|
16 years ago
|
36km / 23mi
| 120 km E of Jazīrat Shawārīţ Island, Red Sea, Egypt
08 May 1993 14:40
| 4.6 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
28 years ago
|
101km / 63mi
| Red Sea, 116 km SW of Yanbu, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
09 Sep 2012 10:02
| 4.3 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
8 years ago
|
35km / 22mi
| 69 km E of Jazīrat Murayr Island, Red Sea, Egypt
31 Oct 2007 09:44
| 4.3 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
13 years ago
|
93km / 58mi
| Red Sea, 102 km NE of Jazīrat Ḩalā’ib al Kabīrah Island, Egypt
31 May 2007 13:10
| 4.3 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
14 years ago
|
75km / 47mi
| 101 km E of Jazīrat Shawārīţ Island, Red Sea, Egypt
30 Aug 2004 17:23
| 4.3 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
16 years ago
|
113km / 70mi
| Red Sea, 96 km SW of Umluj, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia
20 Apr 2004 17:52
| 4.3 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
17 years ago
|
69km / 43mi
| Red Sea, Egypt, 135 km SW of Yanbu, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
20 Aug 2002 21:18
| 4.3 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
19 years ago
|
93km / 58mi
| Red Sea, 122 km SW of Yanbu, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
26 Mar 2006 22:13
| 4.1 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
15 years ago
|
47km / 29mi
| Red Sea, Egypt, 151 km SW of Yanbu, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
06 Jan 2002 20:15
| 4.1 |
10km / 6.2mi
|
19 years ago
|
69km / 43mi
| Red Sea, 127 km SW of Yanbu, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
30 Dec 2019 00:27
| 3.8 |
18km / 11.2mi
|
1 year 8 weeks ago
|
58km / 36mi
| Red Sea, 359 km E of Aswān, Aswan, Egypt

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