{
  "id": 66055,
  "title": "Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes near Egypt’s Suez",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/magnitude-5-3-earthquake-strikes-near-egypts-suez",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-03T01:05:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/03/magnitude-5-3-earthquake-strikes-near-egypt-s-suez"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck northeast of the Egyptian city of Suez. The US Geological Survey reported that the shallow quake occurred at 0000 GMT, centred about 41 kilometres north-northeast of Suez, according to Free Malaysia Today and Bloomberg.\n\nTremors were also felt in southern Israel and the Dead Sea area. The Jerusalem Post reported that Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics measured the earthquake at magnitude 5.6, 38 km north of Suez.\n\nThere were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The Egyptian Red Crescent activated its emergency response plan in the affected governorates, as reported by the Jerusalem Post.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hits Egypt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/earthquake-of-magnitude-5-6-hits-egypt",
        "published": "2026-08-03T03:11:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "First moments of Egypt earthquake caught during livestream",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/first-moments-of-egypt-earthquake-caught-during-livestream",
        "published": "2026-08-03T10:04:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}