M4.4 earthquake 34 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 34 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus on Tue, Oct 29, 1996, 4:00 AM GMT+2 (02:00 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 45 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-10-29 02:00:21 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.498° N, 32.243° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.723 km SW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10922 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.725 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10922 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.037 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10921 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.132 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10921 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.032 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10916 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.528 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10912 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.639 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10909 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.443 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10902 days ago · 60 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.445 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10898 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.934 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10897 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.139 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10896 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.423 km SW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10896 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.524 km WSW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 10895 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.046 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10893 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.610 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10889 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.922 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10879 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.279 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 10928 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.035 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10935 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.176 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10937 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Cyprus region · 10937 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.550 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10937 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.646 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10938 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.510 km W of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10938 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.519 km W of Pégeia, Cyprus · 10939 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.438 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10939 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.030 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10939 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2Cyprus region · 10940 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.54 km SSW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10940 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.449 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10940 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.549 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10940 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10941 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.235 km S of Koloni, Cyprus · 10943 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.645 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10943 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.344 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10943 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.637 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10943 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.462 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10944 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007s35. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC.