A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ypsonas in Cyprus on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.87 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002ywn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002ywn. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:29:16 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 32.9484° East, latitude 34.7317° North, depth = 11.87 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 16:29:16 / July 21, 2015 @ 4:29 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pergamos, Kyrenia, Lápithos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Nicosia (c. 200 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Larnaca (c. 72 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Paphos (c. 36 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kyrenia (c. 26 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pergamos (c. 15 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km N of Ypsonas, Cyprus. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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The earthquake was short; lasted only a few seconds. At the beginning it was more of a shaking and then a jolt with rumble. I live 1 km from the actual epicenter of the specific earthquake. If it had lasted longer it would have been much more intense. It felt more like an up and down movement rather than swinging from right to left.