Shortly after three o’clock tonight, January 11, an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale woke the inhabitants of Paphos.
According to the automatic decision of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center and the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the source depth was 19.5 km. The epicenter was located at a distance of 50 km from the coast of Cyprus, not far from Paphos.
Seismic vibrations continued for 25 seconds. According to pafospress.com, they were felt throughout the region. Over the past 20 days, there have been two earthquakes of lesser power – 2.1 and 3.4 on the Richter scale, the first in the mountains, and the second in Polis Chrysochous.
The earthquake data coming from the Geodynamic Institute of Athens and the European Mediterranean Seismological Institute are decisions that come from an automated computer system, without the involvement of a seismologist. As new data arrives, they are constantly updated.
An earthquake of 5.3 on the Richter scale struck yesterday at midnight in greek Florin – shallow, prolonged and accompanied by a hum. It was felt not only throughout the prefecture, but also in Macedonia and Thessaly. Several more followed the main impetus. Seismic vibrations, except for the whole of northern Greece, were felt by the inhabitants of several countries – Bulgaria, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania. The epicenter of the earthquake was 7 km from the Greek city of Florina.
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