{"id":312603,"date":"2026-08-03T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312603\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:40:25","slug":"map-5-0-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312603\/","title":{"rendered":"Map: 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as \u201cweak,\u201d though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown.   \u00a0All times on the map are Eastern European time. The New York Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">A moderately strong, 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Egypt on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us6000thpb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the United States Geological Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">The temblor happened at 3 a.m. Eastern European time about 22 miles northeast of Suez, Egypt, data from the agency shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake\u2019s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\">Sources: United States Geological Survey (epicenter, aftershocks, shake intensity); LandScan via Oak Ridge National Laboratory (population density) | Notes: Shaking categories are based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/programs\/earthquake-hazards\/modified-mercalli-intensity-scale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Modified Mercalli Intensity<\/a> scale. When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake. All times above are Eastern European time. Shake data is as of Sunday, Aug. 2 at 9:07 p.m. Eastern. Aftershocks data is as of Sunday, Aug. 2 at 9:15 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as \u201cweak,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-312603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}