  On 31 December 2018 at 10:36:34 UTC shallow earthquake of ML=4.3 took place
25 Km east of Cairo and in the vicinity of the under-construction new Capital
city of Egypt (Fig.1). The event was interesting as it was felt with intensity
IV up to 50 Km epicentral distance with relatively small magnitude Mw=3.8. the
focal mechanism of the event showed Normal faulting with a slight component of
strike-slip movement which is in good agreement with the tectonic regime of the
area and estimated source parameters are found to be in agreement with
intraplate earthquakes. These results could support that the event is triggered
by the Pre-Tertiary E-W faults as an on land continuation of the Gulf of Suez
extensional process.
