159 km NW of Polis
Cyprus sits just north of the boundary where the African plate grinds beneath the Anatolian one — the Cyprus Arc — which is why the island records a steady trickle of small earthquakes and, occasionally, a large one. This page holds every event of magnitude 2 and above within roughly 150 km of the island since 2000: 5,193 in total, or about 200 a year.
Almost all of them are far too small to notice: 3,450 of the 5,193 are below magnitude 3, which is roughly the threshold at which people indoors start to feel anything at all. Genuinely strong events are rare — only 9 have reached magnitude 5 in twenty-five years. The largest on this record is the M6.6 of 11 January 2022, centred 50 km NW of Polis.
One caveat worth knowing before reading the yearly chart: the rising counts through the 2000s and 2010s reflect a denser instrument network, not a more active island. More small events are detected now because more of them can be.
Where they happened
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- 2.5159 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.225 km N of FamagustaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.925 km SE of Ayia NapaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.013 km NE of LarnacaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.026 km NW of FamagustaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.020 km W of LimassolMinor — rarely felt
- 2.126 km SW of LimassolMinor — rarely felt
- 2.1121 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.18 km W of LimassolMinor — rarely felt
- 2.62 km S of FamagustaMinor — rarely felt
- 3.218 km S of Ayia NapaLight — often felt
- 3.39 km W of Ayia NapaLight — often felt
- 3.735 km S of Ayia NapaLight — often felt
- 2.493 km N of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.3125 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.336 km SW of PaphosMinor — rarely felt
- 2.162 km W of PaphosMinor — rarely felt
- 2.948 km SE of ProtarasMinor — rarely felt
- 2.347 km SE of LimassolMinor — rarely felt
- 3.0123 km NE of ProtarasLight — often felt
- 2.259 km S of LarnacaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.1113 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.316 km E of PaphosMinor — rarely felt
- 2.693 km N of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.0156 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
Earthquakes near Cyprus by year
- 2026142M3.9
- 2025241M5.3
- 2024187M4.9
- 2023223M4.7
- 2022195M6.6
- 2021129M4.9
- 2020113M5.3
- 2019125M4.3
- 2018136M4.9
- 2017252M4.5
- 2016385M4.5
- 2015423M5.5
- 2014331M4.6
- 2013274M5.9
- 2012242M5.5
- 2011244M4.1
- 2010291M4.0
- 2009228M4.6
- 2008172M4.3
- 2007141M4.3
- 2006135M4.8
- 2005138M4.9
- 2004140M4.8
- 200373M4.5
- 200270M4.1
- 200187M4.6
- 200076M4.4
What the magnitudes mean
- 2 Minor — 3,450 recorded since 2000. Detected by instruments; almost never felt.
- 3 Light — 1,592 since 2000. Often felt indoors as a brief shudder, no damage.
- 4 Moderate — 142 since 2000. Widely felt, rattles windows and crockery.
- 5+ Strong — 9 since 2000. Felt across the island; the strongest in this record was M6.6 in January 2022.
Elsewhere on Cyprus Island
Data from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, covering magnitude 2 and above within roughly 150 km of Cyprus. Refreshed nightly — last updated 17 Oct 2026, 03:00.
Every earthquake on this page is a real, catalogued event within roughly 150 km of Cyprus, magnitude 2.0 and above. The archive goes back to 2000 and refreshes every night at 03:00, so the most recent tremor is usually listed within hours of the seismologists confirming it.
Use the map and filters above to narrow by magnitude, by year or by how close an event was to a town. Click any circle for the exact time, depth, magnitude and the nearest settlement.
Data comes from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, which aggregates readings from national networks across the region, including Cyprus. Magnitudes for very recent events are sometimes revised upward or downward in the days after they occur; we re-read the last fortnight each night, so those corrections flow through here automatically.
