A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Psevdhas in Cyprus. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/16 / 2016-05-12 00:18:37 / May 12, 2016 @ 12:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 33.5113 East, latitude 34.9502 North, depth = 6.33 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005gp8. Unique identifier: us10005gp8. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:18:37 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.33 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Nicosia (c. 200 500 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Larnaca (c. 72 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Famagusta (c. 42 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kyrenia (c. 26 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Protaras (c. 20 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Léfka, Ýpsonas, Mórfou. Nearby country/countries, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km E of Psevdhas, Cyprus.
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