Head of the Egyptian National Institute of Astronomical and Geophysical Research (NIAGR) Hatem Aouda attributed the country’s recent earthquake to the existence of several earthquake hot spots including Cairo.
“Egypt experience several earthquakes but they are unfelt because they are minor and range from 1 to four magnitude,” said Ouda adding that such minor earthquakes are not predictable all overRead more
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 jolted southwestern Japan on Friday, registering upper 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in Oita Prefecture, Kyodo quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying.
The quake, which was centered in central Oita Prefecture at a depth of around 10 kilometers, occurred at 3:09 p.m., the agency said, adding no tsunamiRead more