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“Astronomical Research” for “This Morning”: The earthquake did not exceed 5 seconds in Egypt


Books – Muhammad Abdel-Azim

Monday, February 06, 2023 10:24 AM

Dr. Sherif El-Hadi, head of the earthquake department at the National Institute for Astronomical Research, said that the duration of the earthquake varies according to the person’s proximity to the earthquake, continuing: “In the places that were damaged, the period was 30 seconds … and this is a very long time with this strength in the tremor … and in Egypt The tremor did not exceed 5 seconds…a very simple need.”

He added, during a telephone interview on the “This Morning” program, which is shown on “Extra News” channel: “All information about the earthquake was recorded immediately after its occurrence, explaining that the earthquake occurred at 3:17 a.m. with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter, which is a very large force. He added that another earthquake occurred 10 minutes after the first earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale, indicating that the earthquake can be expected in places known to have had earthquakes.

And Dr. Sharif Al-Hadi continued: “The earthquake resulted in very large vibrations, pointing out that its aftershocks recorded 40 tremors with a strength exceeding 5 on the Richter, as for tremors less than 4, they could be in the hundreds.”

promising National Institute for Astronomical Researcha questionnaire, about the extent to which citizens felt the strong earthquake in Turkey that occurred during the past few hours and was felt by a large number of citizens in various provinces.

And the opinion poll stated: We said you are near or far from jolt The height of the building. The questionnaire also asked a set of questions to the citizens, including: Did you feel the earthquake, the area where the earthquake was felt, were you asleep and the earthquake woke you up, were you terrified, and other questions

On Monday, corresponding to 6/2/2023, the stations of the National Seismological Network of the Institute recorded an earthquake 691 kilometers north of Rafah. Its data was as follows:

Date of occurrence: 2/6/2023

Occurrence time: 03:17:38 PM local time

Strength: 7.7 degrees on the Richter scale

Latitude: 37.13 North

Longitude: 18.30 east

Depth: 18.30 km

The institute received reports that the tremor was felt, but it did not report any loss of life or property

The national earthquake network operates through 70 stations whose locations were carefully chosen in light of the seismic history of all of Egypt.






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