Paphos Life

Magnitude Mw 6.5
Region CYPRUS REGION
Date time 2022-01-11 01:07:51.4 UTC
Location 35.20 N ; 31.89 E
Depth 51 km
Distances 119 km WNW of Limassol, Cyprus / pop: 154,000 / local time: 03:07:51.4 2022-01-11
57 km WNW of Pégeia, Cyprus / pop: 2,400 / local time: 03:07:51.4 2022-01-11

You all felt it. More info here:

Read the article and chat about it below...

Judging by Facebook half of Cyprus is awake now!
 

From seismic reports from USGS estimated released energy at source equivalent to 7.5 Atomic bombs !! Not felt any after shocks so far !!
Date & time: Jan 11, 2022 01:07:47 UTC - 2 hours 31 minutes ago
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022 3:07 am (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 6.6
Depth: 19.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.1456°N / 31.9095°E (Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus)
Antipode: 35.146°S / 148.091°W
Nearby towns and cities:
132 km (82 mi) W of Nicosia (pop: 200,500) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (62 mi) W of Zypern Island (pop: 1,140,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 15.3°C (60 F), humidity: 70%, wind: 11 m/s (21 kts) from SW
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 5 x 1014 joules (139 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.2 x 105 tons of TNT or 7.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

Yes, I felt it too! I woke up with my room shaking, and things on my dressing table rattling..
But it was all over so quickly, I stayed nice and warm in bed... my clock said 3.05hrs. No after shocks. Was it because it was so deep?
This morning the house is still standing. Will check it more thoroughly externally when it stops raining....
Dee

The after shock two hours ago in same area was in the much more dangerous depth of 2 km, however I did not feel it.
Lucky that the big one was at 50 km app


Magnitude ML 3.1
Region CYPRUS REGION
Date time 2022-01-11 03:08:15.0 UTC
Location 35.26 N ; 32.14 E
Depth 2 km
Distances 104 km WNW of Limassol, Cyprus / pop: 154,000 / local time: 05:08:15.0 2022-01-11
36 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus / pop: 1,900 / local time: 05:08:15.0 2022-01-11
More information at:

Geological Survey Department Lefkosia, Cyprus

Max

Cyprus gets hit by an earthquake at 3.00am and the first thing people do is jump online to tell everyone

I hope everyone property and neighbours were checked and found to be ok. Personally, it woke me up, I went back to sleep and checked around when I woke up again.

Pfff, it was a big one, depth over 50km, the aftershocks were between 20 and 2 km deep. I also do remember the one in 1995. I stayed in bed and slept like a baby.

What was eerie was watching the water in the swimming pool - it took about 10-12 minutes to settle.

Been expecting one for sometime after all the activity in Crete!

LouiseCastricum wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:23 am Pfff, it was a big one, depth over 50km, the aftershocks were between 20 and 2 km deep. I also do remember the one in 1995. I stayed in bed and slept like a baby.

I remember that one as well Louise, we were in a Taverna down the side of the Aloe and did thar hotel rock side to side.

The Aquila wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:01 am Cyprus gets hit by an earthquake at 3.00am and the first thing people do is jump online to tell everyone

I hope everyone property and neighbours were checked and found to be ok. Personally, it woke me up, I went back to sleep and checked around when I woke up again.

The news article I wrote has been shared over a thousand times already, so yes, people were up and online, doing what people do. Checking each other are ok, saying they are scared. That sort of thing. Welcome to the 21st century.

We were in the land of Do-do, not a thing, and I'm a very bad sleeper.

If you dislike social media so much, why do you post here?

Oh I do, and I respond to posts sometimes too.

Cyprus News reported 1586 chickens died due to asphyxiation at a farm in Kallepia as the chickens tried to gather on one side of the building during the tremors.

Only small damages from this morning’s strong earthquake



https://youtu.be/7AUQ7MPDegE

Cyprus and particularly the district of Paphos might have been in the epicenter of the strong earthquake this morning, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale but we have managed to avoid the worst and suffered only small damages.

Particularly in the area of Chrysochou and the communities of the north semi-mountainous area of Paphos that had been nearer to the epicenter, serious problems were caused mainly regarding items that fell to the ground, as can be seen from the following photo from a supermarket in Stroumbi.



https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/only-sm ... ake-video/

If you buy fizzy drinks today, be careful when opening them!

wantoosoon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:30 pm If you buy fizzy drinks today, be careful when opening them!

Looks like the Paphos area generally has got off lightly. Particularly in the Polis area which was closer. Am thankful that apart from the loss of the chickens, there seems to have been no other loss of life.
We used to keep chickens, so remember that they are fairly brainless and inclined to panic. I wonder if these were loose but confined in a large barn?

Dee

A good tip is to check your water meters in case any underground pipework has been damaged.