What the records say
- When
- 10 Sep 1953
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Where
- Cyprus
- Coordinates
- 34.74° N, 32.34° E
- Deaths
- 40
- Injuries
- 100
- Houses destroyed
- 500
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 20
1953 Paphos earthquake
Earthquake in Cyprus
The 1953 Paphos earthquake struck off the coast of Paphos on Cyprus at 07:05 EEST on 10 September. The earthquake with a magnitude of Mw 6.3 or Ms 6.5, occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 mi). It was caused by normal faulting at a shallow depth; further analysis of seismic data revealed a doublet earthquake with two similarly sized subevents 50 km (31 mi) apart and separated by 8 seconds.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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