M3.0 earthquake 47 km SSE of Limassol, Cyprus
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of Limassol, Cyprus on Mon, Mar 15, 1999, 2:04 AM GMT+2 (00:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 37 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
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-03-15 00:04:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.304° N, 33.280° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.046 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10056 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.05 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 10056 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.242 km S of Perivólia, Cyprus · 10055 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.34 km N of Pyrgos, Cyprus · 10051 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.53 km E of Xylotymbou, Cyprus · 10047 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.36 km SSE of Xylotymbou, Cyprus · 10045 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2Cyprus region · 10044 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.66 km ESE of Polémi, Cyprus · 10044 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.821 km SSW of Kolossi, Cyprus · 10026 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.931 km SSE of Ágios Týchon, Cyprus · 10023 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.737 km SSW of Koloni, Cyprus · 10009 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00094hh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.