Seismic swarm seen off Limassol
There has been a persistent sequence of mild seismic events – also known as a seismic swarm in the sea and land area of...
Earthquakes
Cyprus receives international recognition for earthquake preparedness
Cyprus has received certification from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for earthquake preparedness and response, Civil Defence spokeswoman, Olivia Michaelidou...
Aglandjia ‘on its own’, interior ministry passes the buck on rockslides
The state has no responsibility for rockslides on private plots, the interior ministry reiterated on Friday, a day after MPs and the Aglandjia mayor plead...
Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Tokyo, causing blackouts but no tsunami warning
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas late on Thursday, stopping train lines and causing sporadic power cuts,...
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Melbourne on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country’s biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country’s...
Huge quakes hit near New Zealand, tsunami threat passes
A powerful series of undersea quakes struck north-east of New Zealand on Friday, but tsunami waves that forced many people on the country’s North Island...
Argentina quake of magnitude 6.8 shakes homes, buildings; no injuries report
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck west-central Argentina late on Monday, followed by at least five aftershocks that shook buildings and sent products tumbling off...
Tsunami in Cyprus unlikely but possible
The risk of a tsunami in the Mediterranean is lower than in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but it is a real possibility, the Department...
Engineers call for funds to earthquake-proof older buildings
The Civil Engineers’ Association (Spolmik) on Monday called on the government to use some of the available EU funds for earthquake-proofing old buildings, expressing concerns...
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rocks Southern California, no immediate reports of damage
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday in the California desert about 150 miles (241 km) northeast of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of damage...
