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Residents of Cairo and numerous other cities in Egypt felt the tremble of an earthquake today at approximately 7:35 A.M. Tuesday October 19. Some witnesses say they felt it as far as Alexandria and Ismailia. The US Geological Survey reports it at a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale, with a depth of 37.8km. The earthquake originated off the Greek island of Karpathos and shook many areas across the eastern Mediterranean including Beirut, parts of Palestine, and the area…
