Residents in both Cairo and Alexandria reported noticeably feeling the tremor despite the epicenter’s distance.
NRIAG confirmed that no casualties or material damage had been reported.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a lower magnitude of 6.1 for the same earthquake, placing the epicenter approximately 38 km south-southwest of Karpathos, Greece.
Head of the Seismology Department at NRIAG Sherif El-Hady stated that the earthquake’s epicenter lies about 420 kilometers south of Crete from the nearest Egyptian city—a safe distance that does not warrant concern.
El-Hady indicated that residents in Cairo felt the tremor due to the city's soft clay soil, which amplified the impact despite the quake’s remote epicenter.
He dismissed fears of aftershocks, noting that the first aftershock occurred around 2:00am and was felt by some residents of Marsa Matrouh governorate, according to El-Shorouk news website.
However, the USGS and EMSC have not reported any aftershocks in the same area at that time.
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