Notable earthquakes in the history of Cyprus include the following:
Date | EET | Area | Coordinates | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | |
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-15 | Salamis | 35°12′N 34°00′E / 35.2°N 34°E | Extreme damage | [1] | |||||
76 | Paphos | 34°48′N 32°00′E / 34.8°N 32°E | X | Severe damage | [2] | ||||
1222-05-11 | 08:15 | Paphos | 34°42′N 32°36′E / 34.7°N 32.6°E | 7.0–7.5 | IX | Tsunami | |||
1896-06-29 | 20:48 | Limassol | Moderate damage | [3] | |||||
1953-09-10 | 06:05 | Paphos | 35°00′N 32°30′E / 35°N 32.5°E | 6.5 Ms | X | 40 | 100 | Tsunami | [4] |
1995-02-23 | 23:03 | Paphos | 35°03′N 32°17′E / 35.05°N 32.28°E | 5.9 Mw | VII | 2 | 5 | [5] | |
1996-10-09 | 16:10 | Paphos | 34°34′N 32°08′E / 34.56°N 32.13°E | 6.8 Mw | VII | 2 | 20 | [6] | |
1999-08-11 | 07:27 | Limassol | 34°47′N 32°56′E / 34.79°N 32.94°E | 5.6 Mw | VII | 15 | Buildings damaged / landslides | [7][8] | |
2022-01-11 | 02:07 | Paphos | 35°08′46″N 31°54′36″E / 35.146°N 31.910°E | 6.6 Mw | VI | 3 | 1 | Minor damage | [9] |
Mw = moment magnitude scale and Ms = surface-wave magnitude. The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ NGDC 1972
- ^ NGDC 1972
- ^ Ambraseys, N. (2009). Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East: A Multidisciplinary Study of Seismicity up to 1900 (First ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 785–786. ISBN 978-0521872928.
- ^ NGDC 1972
- ^ "M5.9 – Cyprus region". United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "M6.8 – Cyprus region". United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "M5.6 – Cyprus region". United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "Low magnitude earthquake in Larnaca and Paphos". Daily Cyprus. Archived from the original on 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ "M 6.6 – 48 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus". United States Geological Survey.
Sources
edit- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K