M4.2 earthquake 79 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 79 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus on Mon, Oct 28, 1996, 12:36 AM GMT+2 (22:36 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 34 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-10-27 22:36:34 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.202° N, 31.580° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.245 km SSW of Gazipa?a, Turkey · 10922 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.434 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10921 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.723 km SW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10916 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.037 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10915 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.132 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10915 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.032 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10910 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.528 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10906 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.443 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10896 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.445 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10892 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.934 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10891 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.139 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10890 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.423 km SW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10890 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.524 km WSW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 10889 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.610 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10883 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.922 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10873 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 3.755 km SSW of Anamur, Turkey · 10930 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.550 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10931 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.646 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10932 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.510 km W of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10932 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.519 km W of Pégeia, Cyprus · 10933 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.030 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10933 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.54 km SSW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10934 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.449 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10934 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 10935 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.637 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10937 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.462 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10938 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.219 km W of Pégeia, Cyprus · 10938 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.061 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10938 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.524 km WSW of Kissonerga, Cyprus · 10938 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.226 km WSW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 10939 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.820 km SW of Geroskipou, Cyprus · 10939 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.414 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10939 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.29 km WSW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 10940 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.455 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 10940 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.240 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10940 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007s1k. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.