M3.5 earthquake 87 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 87 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus on Fri, Feb 24, 1995, 4:41 AM GMT+2 (02:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 0 km S of Meládeia, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-02-24 02:41:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.526° N, 31.667° 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.90 km S of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.53 km SSE of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.310 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.911 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.55 km N of Polémi, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.415 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.745 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.760 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.37 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.27 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.914 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.933 km WNW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 11531 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.220 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11530 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4110 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11529 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.76 km SW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11523 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.14 km SSE of Pólis, Cyprus · 11523 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.7111 km SE of Beykonak, Turkey · 11494 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.161 km SSW of Okurcalar, Turkey · 11489 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 3.718 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.619 km NW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.92 km E of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.013 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.521 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.012 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.821 km NNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.96 km SSW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.14 km SSW of Meládeia, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.310 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.35 km NNW of Polémi, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.713 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.9Cyprus region · 11532 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0006tek. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC.