Just 6 minutes ago, a 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Suez, Egypt. The tremor was recorded early morning on Monday, August 3rd, 2026, at 3:00 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.4 as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should have been widely felt by almost everyone in the area of the epicenter. It might have caused light to moderate damage. Moderate shaking probably occurred in Fayid (pop. 35,100) located 16 km from the epicenter, and Suez (pop. 699,500) 30 km away.Weak shaking might have been felt in Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta (pop. 32,800) located 49 km from the epicenter, Al 'Ashir min Ramadan (pop. 246,100) 67 km away, Ain Sukhna (pop. 45,600) 71 km away, Al 'Ayn as Sukhnah (pop. 45,600) 72 km away, Al Qurayn (pop. 94,600) 80 km away, Faqus (pop. 116,900) 83 km away, and Cairo (pop. 9,606,900) 116 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Aug 3, 2026 12:00 am (Universal Time) local time (3 Aug 2026 00:00 GMT)Magnitude: 5.2Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 30.25°N / 32.38°E (Suez, Egypt)Primary data source: EMSC