{
  "id": 65947,
  "title": "Tremors felt in southern Israel after magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Egypt, no damage reported",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/tremors-felt-in-southern-israel-after-magnitude-5-6-earthquake",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-03T02:36:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-904384"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Monday morning, the ground shook in southern Israel and the Dead Sea region following an earthquake in Egypt. The tremors originated 38 kilometers north of Suez, as reported by Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics. However, the Egyptian Red Crescent confirmed that their emergency response protocols had not been activated, as no casualties or property damage had been reported.\n\nThe institute corroborated this assessment, noting that they too had received no such reports. The Egyptian Red Crescent urged residents in affected areas to stay away from buildings displaying structural damage and to follow official updates. Meanwhile, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) recorded the quake at a magnitude of 5.4, with a depth of 10 kilometers.\n\nIn Israel, an alert was triggered on Android devices, reporting a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Egypt. The Home Front Command Center in Israel reported no warnings of additional seismic activity, specifying that the earthquake had occurred in the Sinai Peninsula.",
  "summary": "The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.4 and hit at a depth of 6 miles, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.",
  "key_points": [
    "Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Egypt, 38 km north of Suez",
    "No casualties or property damage reported in Egypt",
    "Israel's Home Front Command Center reports no additional seismic activity"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/65947.png",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}