title: List of earthquakes in Egypt
text: # List of earthquakes in Egypt
  
  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 | Lat | Long | Fatalities | Mag. | Comments |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | November 27, 885 | | Cairo | 30.0 | 31.1 | 1,000 | X | |
  | March 18, 1068 | morning | Hejaz see 1068 Near East earthquake | 29.5 | 34.95 | ~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 |
  | September 2, 1754 | | Cairo see 1754 Cairo earthquake | 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 |
  | August 7, 1847 | | Faiyum | 29.5 | 30.5 | 185 | XI | |
  | October 12, 1856 | 02:38 or 02:45 | Crete, Greece see 1856 Heraklion earthquake | 35.5 | 26.0 | 10+ | 7.7-8.3 $M_w$ | Despite having an epicenter off the Greek islands, the earthquake was so powerful that in Egypt, intensity VIII was experienced. This caused damage to Alexandria, Cairo and the Nile delta with several deaths. |
  | September 12, 1955 | 06:09 | Offshore Alexandria see 1955 Alexandria earthquake | 32.2 | 29.6 | 18 | 6.3 $M_s$ | 89 injured |
  | March 31, 1969 | 07:15 | Red Sea, Sharm El Sheikh see 1969 Sharm El Sheikh earthquake | 27.58 | 33.9 | 2 | 6.6 $M_w$ | 15 injured |
  | October 12, 1992 | 13:09 | Dahshur, Egypt see 1992 Cairo earthquake | 29.778 | 31.144 | 561 | 5.8 mb | 12,392 injured |
  | November 22, 1995 | 04:15 | Gulf of Aqaba see 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake | 28.826 | 34.799 | 9–12 | 7.3 $M_w$ | 30–69 injured |
  