156 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: 5,169 in total, or about 199 a year.
Almost all of them are far too small to notice: 3,430 of the 5,169 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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- 2.0156 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.014 km NW of FamagustaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.513 km N of LimassolMinor — rarely felt
- 2.4111 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.5106 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.691 km W of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.897 km W of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 3.275 km W of PolisLight — often felt
- 2.5126 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.919 km SE of LimassolMinor — rarely felt
- 2.412 km S of LimassolMinor — rarely felt
- 2.111 km SW of FamagustaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.5130 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.175 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.276 km W of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 3.5114 km NE of FamagustaLight — often felt
- 2.5127 km NE of ProtarasMinor — rarely felt
- 2.3138 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.365 km N of KyreniaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.450 km S of LarnacaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.07 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.573 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
- 2.2150 km NE of FamagustaMinor — rarely felt
- 2.716 km SE of LimassolMinor — rarely felt
- 2.3136 km NW of PolisMinor — rarely felt
Earthquakes near Cyprus by year
- 2026118M3.9
- 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 — 3,430 recorded since 2000. Detected by instruments; almost never felt.
- 3 Light — 1,588 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 16 Sep 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.
