Shafaq News/ An Egyptian astronomical institute revealed, today, that an earthquake hit an area in the red sea, 86 km east of Hurghada.

In a statement, the National Institute for astronomical Research said that the earthquake occurred at 4 pm, with a magnitude of 5.2, at a depth of 10 km.

In the same context, the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) registered, today, at 5:30 pm, an earthquake northern the Red Sea, announcing via Twitter that the tremor measured 4.72 on Richter scale, at a depth of 13 km, 58 km west of Duba city.