M2.9 earthquake 13 km NW of Páchna, Cyprus
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Páchna, Cyprus on Wed, Jun 11, 2008, 1:28 AM GMT+3 (22:28 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 68 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
- 2008-06-10 22:28:05 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.859° N, 32.680° 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 usp000g965. 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
- 154°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.856 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6687 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.346 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6687 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.352 km S of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 6685 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.437 km WNW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 6682 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.020 km W of Pégeia, Cyprus · 6676 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.360 km SSE of Limassol, Cyprus · 6675 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.91 km NE of Káto Pýrgos, Cyprus · 6673 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.734 km SSE of Pyrgos, Cyprus · 6673 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.29 km WNW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 6668 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.38 km WNW of Páchna, Cyprus · 6667 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.45 km NNW of Aradíppou, Cyprus · 6667 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Klírou, Cyprus · 6656 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.668 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6655 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 6650 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.23 km WSW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 6650 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.129 km SE of Pyrgos, Cyprus · 6642 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.825 km SE of Pyrgos, Cyprus · 6642 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.311 km N of Páchna, Cyprus · 6640 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.362 km NNW of Pólis, Cyprus · 6640 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.810 km SW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 6635 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 3.035 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6694 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.320 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 6695 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.333 km SSE of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 6695 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.153 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6701 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.253 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 6707 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Kofínou, Cyprus · 6713 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g965. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.