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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Ayia Napa in Cyprus

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Ayia Napa in Cyprus. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/25 / 2025-06-23 12:37:42 / June 23, 2025 @ 12:37 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000qlxy. Event ids that are associated: us6000qlxy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 34.1007 East, latitude 34.5433 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:37:42 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Limassol, Nicosia, Xeri (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Nicosia (c. 200 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Larnaca (c. 72 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Famagusta (c. 42 500 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Protaras (c. 20 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pergamos (c. 15 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Aradíppou (c. 13 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km S of Ayia Napa, Cyprus.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	34.1007° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.5433° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	49 km S of Ayia Napa, Cyprus	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-23 12:37:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-23 12:55:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	354	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	73	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.759	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	82	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000qlxy	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qlxy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qlxy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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