M4.5 earthquake 40 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 40 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus on Fri, Jan 3, 1997, 2:00 AM GMT+2 (00:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 50 km SSW 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-01-03 00:00:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.483° N, 32.158° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.131 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10846 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.750 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10844 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.146 km S of Koloni, Cyprus · 10843 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.042 km SSW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 10843 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.832 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10843 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.839 km SW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 10842 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.052 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10842 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.149 km SW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 10839 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.925 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10831 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.9115 km SSW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 10808 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007vcr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC.