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An earthquake struck west of Paphos, Cyprus on 11 January 2022, with a moment magnitude of 6.6. [3] The earthquake was the largest tremor to occur in the Mediterranean Sea since the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake , [ 4 ] and the largest to occur in Cyprus since 1996 .
On 23 February 1995, at 12:03 AM EEST (21:03 UTC), a M wr 5.9 earthquake struck Paphos District in Cyprus, with an epicenter located about 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Paphos. [1] The earthquake was felt throughout all of Cyprus, as well as parts of northern Israel , Lebanon , and Turkey . [ 2 ]
The 1953 Paphos earthquake struck British Cyprus (present day Cyprus) on the morning of 10 September, at 06:05 EET.It had a magnitude of M s 6.5 on the surface-wave magnitude scale, and had a maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. [1]
1491 Cyprus earthquake; 1953 Paphos earthquake; 1995 Paphos earthquake; 2022 Cyprus earthquake; L. List of earthquakes in Cyprus
Cyprus offered more detail Wednesday on its initiative to create a sea corridor for the steady flow of humanitarian assistance from Cyprus to Gaza, saying that aid-laden ships would sail directly ...
Geologists today estimate the undersea earthquake to have been a moment magnitude 8.5 or higher. [5] It caused widespread destruction in the central and southern Diocese of Macedonia (modern Greece), Africa Proconsularis (northern Libya), Egypt, Cyprus, Sicily, [7] and Hispania . [8] On Crete, nearly all towns were destroyed. [5]
The 1222 Cyprus earthquake occurred at about 06:15 UTC on 11 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.0–7.5 and triggered a paleotsunami that was recorded in Libya and Alexandria. The strongest shaking was felt in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos. [1] Many people died, although there are no estimates for the total number of casualties. [2]