M 4.5 in Cyprus Region on 30 Aug 2022 20:42 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1335619
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 35.666 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.0454 , 31.9202
Event Date: 30 Aug 2022 20:42 UTC
30 Aug 2022 22:42 Local
Exposed Population:
260 thousand in MMI&>=III
Inserted at: 31 Aug 2022 22:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000i3ss Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.27  
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Latest media headlines

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off western coast of Cyprus: USGS | A.. 9/2/2022 5:51:00 PM.

Cyprus lies in a secondary earthquake-prone zone, but tremors of this magnitude are uncommon. It was the largest earthquake in recent years with a....
January quake aftershock rattles Paphos 8/31/2022 2:54:00 PM.

Paphos was shaken by an earthquake recording a magnitude of 4.0 on Tuesday night, an aftershock of the larger January tremor, but no structural damage or injuries were reported. The Cyprus Geological Survey Department said the quake measuri
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The moment the earthquake struck Cyprus - video 8/31/2022 11:15:00 AM.

Ch. Hadjigeorgiou: "Aftershocks can last for months" Speaking to CNA, Deputy Director of the Cyprus Geological Survey Department Christodoulos Hadjigeorgiou said, "aftershocks can last for months", adding that seismologists are closely moni
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Cyprus: Earthquake of 4 on the Richter scale – No damage has been reco.. 8/31/2022 7:17:00 AM.

An earthquake measuring 4 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded centered in the sea area of ??Paphos shortly before midnight. According to a statement from the Department of Geological Survey of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Develo
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),