earthquake paphos

Earthquake Shakes Paphos Region

In the early hours of a quiet Wednesday, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the Paphos region of Cyprus, jolting residents awake at 12:29 am. Detected by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) and confirmed by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), the quake’s epicenter was located southwest of Paphos at a depth of 59 kilometers, underscoring the region’s vulnerability to seismic activity.