List of earthquakes in Cyprus

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Notable earthquakes in the history of Cyprus include the following:

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! Date

! EET

! Area

! Coordinates

! {{M|mag}}

! MMI

! Deaths

! Injuries

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15 CE

|

| Salamis

| {{coord|35.2|34}}

|

|

|

|

| Extreme damage

| {{harvnb|NGDC|1972}}

76 CE

|

| Paphos

| {{coord|34.8|32}}

|

| X

|

|

| Severe damage

| {{harvnb|NGDC|1972}}

1222-05-11

| 08:15

|Paphos

|{{coord|34.7|32.6}}

| 7.0–7.5

| IX

|

|

| Tsunami

|

1896-06-29

| 20:48

| Limassol

|

|

|

|

|

| Moderate damage

| {{cite book |last=Ambraseys |first=N. |author-link=Nicholas Ambraseys|date=2009 |title=Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East: A Multidisciplinary Study of Seismicity up to 1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzXSBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT713 |edition=First |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages= 785–786 |isbn= 978-0521872928 }}

1953-09-10

| 06:05

| Paphos

| {{coord|35|32.5}}

| 6.5 {{M|s}}

| X

| 40

| 100

| Tsunami

| {{harvnb|NGDC|1972}}

1995-02-23

| 23:03

| Paphos

| {{Coord|35.05|32.28}}

| 5.9 {{M|w}}

| VII

| 2

| 5

|

| {{cite web|title=M5.9 – Cyprus region|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0006tdu#general_summary|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}

1996-10-09

| 16:10

|Paphos

| {{coord|34.56|32.13}}

| 6.8 {{M|w}}

| VII

| 2

| 20

|

| {{cite web|title=M6.8 – Cyprus region|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0007r4u#general_region|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}

1999-08-11

| 07:27

| Limassol

| {{coord|34.79|32.94}}

| 5.6 {{M|w}}

| VII

|

| 15

| Buildings damaged / landslides

| {{cite web|title=M5.6 – Cyprus region|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0009cw8#general_region|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}{{Cite news|url=https://daily-cyprus.com/2020/04/22/low-magnitude-earthquake-in-larnaca-and-paphos/|title=Low magnitude earthquake in Larnaca and Paphos|work=Daily Cyprus|access-date=2020-04-22|archive-date=2020-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214004647/https://daily-cyprus.com/2020/04/22/low-magnitude-earthquake-in-larnaca-and-paphos/|url-status=dead}}

2022-01-11

|02:07

| Paphos

| {{Coord|35.146|31.910}}

| 6.6 {{M|w}}

| VI

| 3

| 1

|Minor damage

| {{cite web|title=M 6.6 – 48 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000gaqu/executive|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}

2024-12-24

|13:22

| 22 miles from Paphos

| {{Coord|34.68|32.05}}

| 4.5 {{M|w}}

| V

| N/A

| N/A

|Damage unknown

|

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| colspan="10" style="text-align: center;" | {{M|w}} = moment magnitude scale and {{M|s}} = surface-wave magnitude. The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

References

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  • {{citation|title=Significant Earthquake Database|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2006|author=NGDC|publisher=National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|year=1972|type=Data Set}}

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