Cyprus earthquakes

M5.9 earthquake Cyprus region

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck in the Cyprus region on Thu, Feb 23, 1995, 11:03 PM GMT+2 (21:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.9 (mw), moderate
Local time: Thu, Feb 23, 1995, 11:03 PM GMT+2
UTC: 1995-02-23 21:03:01 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 35.046° N, 32.279° E
Region: Cyprus
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5405), matched to this event by time and place.

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 5
Damage: $4.3 million
Houses destroyed: 70
Houses damaged: 570

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 31.5% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 2.7 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0006tdu (also filed as choy19950223210301, gcmtb022395g, gcmt19950223210302, atlas19950223210304, iscgem121165). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.