Cyprus earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 53 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus on Sun, Aug 1, 1999, 1:10 AM GMT+3 (22:10 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 10 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1999-07-31 22:10:01 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.387° N, 32.087° E
Region
Cyprus
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.15 km N of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9910 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.57 km SW of Erími, Cyprus · 9910 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 5.610 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9910 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.64 km NW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9910 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.23 km NNE of Sotíra, Cyprus · 9910 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.17 km SW of Erími, Cyprus · 9909 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.02 km WNW of Erími, Cyprus · 9907 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.82 km E of Sotíra, Cyprus · 9907 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 5.17 km ENE of Páchna, Cyprus · 9903 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 4.210 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 9895 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.225 km SSE of Limassol, Cyprus · 9865 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.965 km W of Pégeia, Cyprus · 9864 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 3.023 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9922 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.641 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9922 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.031 km SSW of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9923 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.755 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9923 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.512 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9923 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.425 km SSW of Kolossi, Cyprus · 9923 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.452 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9929 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.63 km SSE of Tsáda, Cyprus · 9933 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 3.351 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9936 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 4.542 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9936 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.934 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9940 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 3.28 km NNE of Pégeia, Cyprus · 9942 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 3.221 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 9943 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.0Cyprus region · 9945 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 3.112 km SW of Koloni, Cyprus · 9945 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.710 km NW of Pólis, Cyprus · 9946 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.550 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9948 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.854 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 9949 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009ccr. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC.