M2.5 earthquake 16 km ESE of Meneou, Cyprus
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 16 km ESE of Meneou, Cyprus on Sun, Feb 28, 1999, 6:58 AM GMT+2 (04:58 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km E of Xylotymbou, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-02-28 04:58:05 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.824° N, 33.765° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.047 km SSE of Limassol, Cyprus · 10061 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.05 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 10052 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.242 km S of Perivólia, Cyprus · 10052 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.34 km N of Pyrgos, Cyprus · 10048 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.53 km E of Xylotymbou, Cyprus · 10044 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.36 km SSE of Xylotymbou, Cyprus · 10042 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.821 km SSW of Kolossi, Cyprus · 10023 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.931 km SSE of Ágios Týchon, Cyprus · 10020 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00093m0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC.