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Historic Earthquake
1955 Alexandria Earthquake
12 September 1955 · Nile Delta · Egypt
On 12 September 1955 at 06:09 UTC, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Egypt (Nile Delta). It occurred on the African Plate, 324 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 22 people and injured 12.
- Date
- 12 September 1955
- Time
- 06:09 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Deaths
- 22
- Injuries
- 12
- Plate
- African Plate
- Country
- Egypt
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth