Did an earthquake occur in Egypt?

The National Institute for Astronomical Research said, in its statement issued a short while ago, that although some communications have been received with the feeling of an earthquake in the vicinity of Cairo, the stations of the National Seismological Network have not recorded any earthquakes, currently, and any citizen may feel any vibrations as a result of any earthquake. Construction work close to them, not related to any earthquake activity.

In this regard, Dr. Jad Al-Qadi, head of the National Institute for Astronomical Research, denied everything that was being circulated about earthquakes in Egypt a short while ago, and appealed to media sites to stop publishing these news, because they would cause panic, and no official statement was issued. .

Al-Qadi added, during his phone calls to him on the end of the day program shown on Al-Nahar TV, saying that if newspapers and news sites had earthquake monitoring mechanisms, they would reveal them to the community, and the institute would not hide the existence of any earthquake.

The head of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research called for not being carried away by rumors, and for investigating the accuracy of the information circulating, stressing the need to follow up the official data issued by the Astronomical Research Institute only.

El-Kady pointed out that colleagues at the National Institute for Astronomical Research monitored comments from residents of ancient Egypt and Bab al-Shariya, claiming to have felt an earthquake, but the seismic stations did not detect any seismic activity.