Cyprus earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 53 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus on Fri, May 30, 2008, 8:33 PM GMT+3 (17:33 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 33 km SSE of Pissoúri, Cyprus. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-05-30 17:33:32 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.415° N, 32.036° 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 usp000g84u. 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
325°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.333 km SSE of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 6695 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 3.320 km S of Kolossi, Cyprus · 6695 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.035 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6694 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.913 km NW of Páchna, Cyprus · 6690 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.856 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6687 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 3.346 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6687 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 3.352 km S of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 6684 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.437 km WNW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 6682 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 3.020 km W of Pégeia, Cyprus · 6676 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 3.29 km WNW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 6668 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 3.38 km WNW of Páchna, Cyprus · 6667 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.783 km SSW of Pissoúri, Cyprus · 6663 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.668 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus · 6655 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.54 km WNW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 6650 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 3.23 km WSW of Pégeia, Cyprus · 6650 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 3.253 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus · 6707 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g84u. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC.