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Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025 09:37 | 46 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Just 5 minutes ago, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Paphos, Pafos, Cyprus. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Wednesday, November 12th, 2025, at 11:31 am local time, at a shallow depth of 16.60 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Geroskipou (pop. 8,400) located 11 km from the epicenter, Paphos (pop. 36,000) 13 km away, Kato Polemidia (pop. 23,200) 39 km away, Limassol (pop. 154,000) 44 km away, and Germasogeia (pop. 17,300) 47 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Morfou (pop. 24,100) located 61 km from the epicenter, Strovolos (pop. 67,900) 81 km away, Nicosia (pop. 200,500) 85 km away, and Larnaca (pop. 72,000) 97 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our

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Peyia Cyprus (90.6 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 20-30 s : Earthquake 1 followed by aftershocks And another several minutes later just a bit weaker. Still experiencing minor trembles of aftershocks  

chipre (7.9 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake / 2-5 s : se movio la mesa los ordenadores temblo todo, ha habido 2 uno a las 11.30 y otro 15 min mas tarde los dos flojos de unos 4 segundos de duracion  

Choletria Paphos (90.6 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 30-60 s : Strong vibration, movement of objects and furniture from side to side. Some items still swaying afterwards for short time  

Choletria (10.4 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s : Was in bed, felt like a large freighter passed by my room. Dogs alarmed and barking. Heard creaking, light objects fell from cupboards, pictures skewed  

platres, cyprus (90.6 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)

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