Egypt: <\/p>\n
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook eastern Egypt early Monday, prompting authorities to activate response plans although there were no immediate requests for emergency help.<\/p>\n
The tremors were felt across a wide area, waking AFP journalists across Cairo and reaching as far as El-Arish near Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
The quake struck about 40 kilometres north of the city of Suez at 3:00 am (0000 GMT), according to Egypt’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, which revised an earlier estimate of 5.2.<\/p>\n
The US Geological Survey put the shallow tremor at magnitude 5.0, revising down an earlier reading.<\/p>\n
Egypt’s health minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar ordered emergency response plans activated across the country and directed ambulance services to be at “maximum levels of preparedness”.<\/p>\n
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, according to the health ministry and the Egyptian Red Crescent.<\/p>\n
The Egyptian Red Crescent urged residents to stay away from old and dilapidated buildings, which are common in some of Cairo’s working-class neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n
Intense earthquakes are uncommon in the northeast African country.<\/p>\n
The country’s deadliest earthquake in modern history struck in October 1992, when a 5.8-magnitude quake shook the capital, killing over 500 people and displacing thousands.<\/p>\n
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