An earth tremor measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale was recorded today at 08.48, approximately 148 km away from the Met Office’s Lefke earthquake monitoring station.
As a result of the department’s initial evaluations, it was determined that the epicentre of the earthquake was in the sea, north-west of Cyprus, at a depth of approximately 38 kilometres, at the coordinates of 35.49 north and 31.28 east.
A tremor measuring 3.6 is considered to be mild.