M3.5 earthquake 24 km WSW of Pégeia, Cyprus
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 24 km WSW of Pégeia, Cyprus on Fri, Nov 29, 1996, 2:45 PM GMT+2 (12:45 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 46 km SW of Koloni, 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 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-11-29 12:45:29 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.838° N, 32.118° 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.046 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10886 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.610 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10883 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.922 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10873 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.928 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10856 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.540 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10854 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.131 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10847 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.750 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10844 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.146 km S of Koloni, Cyprus · 10844 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.042 km SSW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 10843 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.832 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10843 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.839 km SW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 10842 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.052 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10842 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.149 km SW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 10839 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.925 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10831 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 3.423 km SW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10889 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.139 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10889 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.934 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10891 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.445 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10891 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.443 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10896 days ago · 60 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.639 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10903 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.528 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10906 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.032 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10909 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.132 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10914 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.037 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10915 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.725 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10916 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.723 km SW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10916 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
Earthquakes todayCyprus earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007tr4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.