An earthquake measuring 4.8 degrees on the Richter Scale hit Egypt's Red Sea area Monday evening. The shock hit the area lying between northeast Hurghada and southwest Sharm El-Sheikh, Chief of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Hatem Ouda said. The tremor was felt by the residents of Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh, he said. The epicenter of the earthquake was 5.1 km under the sea, he added. A devastating quake shocked Egypt in 1992, killing over 1,000 people and destroying many houses and buildings.
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