A minor earthquake struck Cairo on Friday evening, which local residents felt. The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) suggested that non-natural factors may have caused the tremor. In an official statement, the President of the NRIAG, Taha Rabeh, announced that the stations of the National Seismic Network recorded a 2.1-magnitude earthquake on … The post Cairo struck by 2.1-magnitude earthquake on Friday appeared first on Egypt Independent .
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Cairo struck by 2.1-magnitude earthquake on Friday
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