What the records say
- When
- 22 Nov 1995
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 28.83° N, 34.80° E
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 47
- Max water height m
- 4
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.2
- Runups
- 7
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1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
November 1995 earthquake in Egypt
The 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake occurred on November 22 at 06:15 local time and registered 7.3 on the Mw scale. The epicenter was located in the central segment of the Gulf of Aqaba, the narrow body of water that separates Egypt's Sinai Peninsula from the western border of Saudi Arabia. At least 8 people were killed and 30 were injured in the meizoseismal area.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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