Cyprus earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 45 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 45 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus on Wed, Nov 27, 1996, 2:44 AM GMT+2 (00:44 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 50 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Wed, Nov 27, 1996, 2:44 AM GMT+2
UTC: 1996-11-27 00:44:23 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 34.499° N, 32.060° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 62°, dip 48°, rake -168°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 323°, dip 81°, rake -43°

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007tkm (also filed as gcmtb112796a, gcmt19961127004423, iscgem999075). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.