Cyprus earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 2 km WNW of Erími, Cyprus

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Erími, Cyprus on Fri, Aug 13, 1999, 5:55 PM GMT+3 (14:55 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 7 km ENE of Páchna, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-08-13 14:55:04 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.687° N, 32.895° E
Region
Cyprus
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Limassol.

From the USGS event page for usp0009czr. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.82 km E of Sotíra, Cyprus · 9912 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 5.17 km ENE of Páchna, Cyprus · 9908 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.210 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9900 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.225 km SSE of Limassol, Cyprus · 9870 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.01 km NE of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9865 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 4.17 km SW of Erími, Cyprus · 9914 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.23 km NNE of Sotíra, Cyprus · 9915 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 4.64 km NW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9915 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 5.610 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9915 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.57 km SW of Erími, Cyprus · 9915 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.15 km N of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9915 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.753 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9925 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.023 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9928 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.641 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9928 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 3.031 km SSW of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9928 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.755 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9928 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.512 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9928 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 4.425 km SSW of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9928 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 3.452 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9934 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.63 km SSE of Tsáda, Cyprus · 9938 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 3.351 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9941 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 4.542 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9941 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009czr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC.