9 injured in Cairo building collapse

At least nine people injured in a building collapsed Friday night in Egypt’s capital Cairo.

The collapse occurred after a 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit the country.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Health and Population, the accident happened at midnight in the Garden City area of Cairo, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

The cause of the accident was not confirmed.

The quake was mild and registered at least 4.0 on the Richter stage, head of Egypt’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics Hatem Ouda told Egyptian state news agency MENA.