M3.0 earthquake Cyprus region
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in the Cyprus region on Wed, Jul 7, 1999, 3:40 AM GMT+3 (00:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 10 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-07-07 00:40:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.612° N, 32.412° 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.221 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 9946 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.28 km NNE of Pégeia, Cyprus · 9945 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.934 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9942 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.542 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9939 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.351 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9938 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Tsáda, Cyprus · 9935 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.452 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9931 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.425 km SSW of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9925 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.512 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9925 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.755 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9925 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.031 km SSW of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9925 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.641 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9925 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.023 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9925 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9922 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.15 km N of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9912 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.57 km SW of Erími, Cyprus · 9912 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.610 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9912 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.64 km NW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9912 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.23 km NNE of Sotíra, Cyprus · 9912 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.17 km SW of Erími, Cyprus · 9911 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.02 km WNW of Erími, Cyprus · 9910 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.82 km E of Sotíra, Cyprus · 9910 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.17 km ENE of Páchna, Cyprus · 9906 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.210 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9897 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 3.112 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9947 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.710 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 9948 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.550 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9950 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.854 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9951 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.159 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9954 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.742 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9956 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.655 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9957 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.936 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9958 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.30 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 9970 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9972 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009b6k. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC.