M 4.8 in Cyprus on 23 Jun 2025 12:37 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 1487133
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.5433 , 34.1007
Event Date: 23 Jun 2025 12:37 UTC
23 Jun 2025 14:37 Local
Exposed Population:
950 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 23 Jun 2025 12:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Cyprus)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000qlxy Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Ekinci Warns of Increased Seismic Activity Along Cyprus Arc 6/24/2025 9:02:00 PM.

Ekinci highlighted that the recent increase in seismic movements south of the island, particularly along the active fault line known as the Cyprus Arc, should be considered a serious warning. He urged authorities and society to take scienti
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Cyprus Geological Survey Department says quake was of 4.3 magnitude 6/23/2025 4:58:00 PM.

Posted on June 23, 2025. A magnitide 4.3 earthquake struck Cyprus, Geological Survey Department said on Monday. The quake was recorded at 15:37 local time Monday, at Paralimni area, in the island’s east coast. According to the authorities,
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4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Cyprus 6/23/2025 3:35:00 PM.

A moderate earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of Cyprus on Monday afternoon, shaking parts of the island but causing no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported the q
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23/06/2025 16:30 EMSC: Earthquake of 4.8 magnitude off the coast of Cy.. 6/23/2025 2:08:00 PM.

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded off the coast of Cyprus at around 3:30 p.m. local time on Monday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),