Earthquake — Cyprus

When

11 May 1222

Kind

Earthquake

Where

Cyprus

Coordinates

34.75° N, 32.40° E

Intensity mmi

9

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Strong seismic event

The 1222 Cyprus earthquake occurred at about 06:15 UTC on 11 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.0–7.5 and triggered a paleotsunami that was recorded in Libya and Alexandria. The strongest shaking was felt in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos. Many people died, although there are no estimates for the total number of casualties.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1222 Cyprus earthquake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1222 Kıbrıs depremi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Erdbeben auf Zypern zerstört Paphos und Limassol fast vollständig”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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