The National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) confirmed that it didn't monitor any seismic activity or abnormal phenomena in the Mediterranean Sea, completely denying any indicators that may raise concern.
This came in an official statement by the Institute on Tuesday, amid the circulation of controversial videos and information on social media regarding the possibility of unusual activity in the Mediterranean Basin.
Dr. Abeer Mounir, Director of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Alexandria, stated that the institute has not recorded any unusual activity so far.
She emphasized that the current geological status of the Mediterranean Sea is completely stable and there are no signs indicating earthquakes or tsunamis.
Dr. Amr Zakaria Hamouda, Head of the Marine Risk Reduction Center at the Institute and Chairman of the International Expert Committee on Tsunami Risk Reduction, denied the credibility of a widely shared video showing a young man in a ship’s control room, which some interpreted as a sign of concerning underwater activity.
Hamouda explained that the circulated footage lacks any scientific significance, noting that the equipment shown in the video was not operational at the time of recording and did not display any data or technical signals pointing to unusual changes in wave activity or water levels.
He affirmed that the circulating claims are inaccurate and based on scientifically unsupported assumptions.
Hamouda confirmed that the observed limited changes in water direction are natural and result from ocean currents driven by high atmospheric pressure.
These are routine, seasonal phenomena with no connection to seismic activity.
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