M2.9 earthquake 18 km W of Chlórakas, Cyprus
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 18 km W of Chlórakas, Cyprus on Wed, Feb 6, 2008, 11:27 AM GMT+2 (09:27 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 49 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-06 09:27:38 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.779° N, 32.211° E
- Region
- Cyprus
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000fy9v. 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
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 308°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.18 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 6814 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.314 km E of Meládeia, Cyprus · 6798 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.980 km W of Pólis, Cyprus · 6788 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.812 km NNW of Páchna, Cyprus · 6787 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.17 km E of Léfka, Cyprus · 6779 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.911 km N of Páchna, Cyprus · 6772 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.549 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6771 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Páno Polemídia, Cyprus · 6770 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fy9v. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC.