Geology and seismicity of Tushka area (Egypt): a role of pore pressure in triggering earthquakes

The general plan for the development of Upper Egypt was suggested by the Egyptian government in 2014. This plan calls for the building of several massive projects, including new cities and tourist destinations around the Red Sea coast, and developing Aswan, Luxor and Abu Simbel cities. All accounting for overcome the dense population and trying to raise the national income sectors. Tushka project, located southwest of Lake Nasser, appears to be the most promising initiative for the southern region of Upper Egypt. For the first time, water from Lake Nasser started to reach the Tushka depressions in 1998 when the lake's water level rose over 178 m. Up to the end of 2001, water kept flowing into the depressions. In order to lessen the possibility of downstream degradation to the Nile valley brought on by unusual flooding, these depressions were utilized to discharge surplus water from the Lake Nasser maximum storage level as a natural flood diversion basin. Approximately, 374 earthquakes ...