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Egypt is prepared to provide all forms of humanitarian support and disaster relief to Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes that recently struck the country, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said in a Monday diplomatic call.
The Institute received no reports of the earthquake being felt or any casualties or property damage.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Ethiopia on Saturday at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), Reuters reported, citing the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
Sherif El-Hadi, head of the Seismology Department at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, explained in previous statements that Egypt is relatively safe from destructive earthquakes compared to other areas directly located on seismic belts.
Egypt among other countries felt an earthquake that struck earlier Tuesday, and its measuring recorded at a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.
Red Crescent stated that the earthquake is minor, situation stable, and no reports of damage
No losses in life or facilities have resulted from a Thursday earthquake of a 6.24 on the Richter Scale magnitude at 6:19 a.m. Cairo local time.
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Some earthquake and geological researchers expected that the tremors could be larger and bigger.
The earthquake struck at 11:09 AM local time, 502 km away from Damietta, as per NRIAG data.
The earthquake struck at 9:13 PM local time, near Cyprus and Turkey, and around 710 km away from Cairo, as per NRIAG data
Egypt expressed solidarity with the country in handling the impact of the disaster and wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid stressed Egypt’s full solidarity with the Afghan people in this ordeal, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry made a phone call Tuesday to Moroccan counterpart Nasser Borita.
Egyptian Ambassador to Morocco Yasser Othman stated Sunday that communications are underway with authorities to follow up on the circumstances of the Egyptian community.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi offered his sincere condolences to the Moroccan people and King Mohammed VI for the victims of the terrible earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people and left over 1,400 others in critical condition on Friday night.
A 6.8-magnitude quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountain range shortly after 11 p.m. local time at the relatively shallow depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.4 miles), USGS said, with the epicenter located about 72 kilometers (44.7 miles) southwest of Marrakech, a city of some 840,000 people and a popular tourist destination, according to CNN.
The Moroccan ambassador also expressed his thanks to Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, for his sympathy and solidarity with the Kingdom of Morocco.
Moroccan television announced that the number of victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the Kingdom had risen to 632 dead and 329 injured.
The earthquake took place at 1:28 AM today at a depth of 23 kilometers, NRIAG said, affirming that no damage or casualties have been reported.
