Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Meládeia in Cyprus

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Meládeia in Cyprus. Exact location of event, longitude 32.4528 East, latitude 34.9414 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/11/25 / 2025-11-12 14:39:48 / November 12, 2025 @ 2:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:39:48 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000rexi. Event ids that are associated: us7000rexi. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Nicosia (c. 200 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Paphos (c. 36 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kyrenia (c. 26 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mórfou (c. 14 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Léfka (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyrenia, Yeri, Dhali.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	32.4528° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.9414° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km SW of Meládeia, Cyprus	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-12 14:39:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-12 11:26:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	0	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	284	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.722	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	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	us7000rexi	Id of event.
Event Code	7000rexi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000rexi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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