Head of Astronomical Research Institute Denies Entering Egypt   Seismic Belt

The Head of the National Institute for Astronomical Research in Egypt, Dr. Gad Al-Qady, sent urgent messages to citizens regarding the ongoing rumors about Egypt entering the "earthquake belt."

He told  "Masrawy"  news website today, Tuesday, about the recurrence of minor earthquakes in Egypt during the recent period.

He said that the experts of the institute have all the scientific details and facts about those tremors.

He affirmed that there is no interest to hide the facts from people, but on the contrary, it is necessary to clarify information to everyone.

Dr. Al-Qady went on to say that he would like to say to citizens that Egypt is completely safe and far from any earthquake belt at all, despite frequent earthquakes during recent times.

Al-Qady explained that the institute developed astronomical devices to monitor small earthquakes that were not perceptible and were not observed before, and because of this tremendous development in the field of earthquake monitoring, we are now monitoring a large number of them.

He continued to say that experts monitor the slightest tremor, but does not confirm the prediction or prediction of earthquakes.

He pointed out that the seismic belt means "areas that have fissures in the deep of earth or large volcanoes, such as Japan and the belt between the Philippines and Indonesia, the middle of the Pacific and southern Europe from western Turkey and Greece to Malta and southern Italy and the mid-Atlantic and the Red Sea.

He explained that "Africa, Europe, and Asia are floating on tectonic plates.

When those plates move or collide,    an earthquake occurs.

He added that Egypt is completely safe from these areas, and the capabilities of the institute have developed monitoring systems, and the devices have become modern.

The earthquake, which was of a magnitude of 2 degrees but was not observed before, is now monitored and recorded with complete accuracy.

And the institute has become monitoring even earthquakes that have a magnitude of 1 in ten on the Reciter scale.