M3.8 earthquake 21 km NNW of Pólis, Cyprus
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 21 km NNW of Pólis, Cyprus on Fri, Feb 24, 1995, 12:12 AM GMT+2 (22:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 12 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-02-23 22:12:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.201° N, 32.304° E
- Region
- Cyprus
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.94 km SW of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.012 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.521 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.44 km WNW of Polémi, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.013 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.92 km E of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.619 km NW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.718 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.587 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.90 km S of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.53 km SSE of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.310 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.911 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.55 km N of Polémi, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.61 km NNE of Tsáda, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.415 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.745 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.760 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.37 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.27 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.914 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.933 km WNW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.220 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4110 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11530 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.76 km SW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11524 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.14 km SSE of Pólis, Cyprus · 11524 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.827 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 11501 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 2.71 km NNW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.96 km SSW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.14 km SSW of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.310 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.71 km ESE of Tála, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.35 km NNW of Polémi, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.713 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.9Cyprus region · 11533 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0006te8. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.