A 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurred offshore the Cyprus Island's coast.The figure shows the Forecast-points (green triangles) in which the alert levels are estimated. The isochrones (concentric curves starting from the epicenter) represent the tsunami propagation times estimated in the rapid simulation.
Today, at 2:23pm a 5.5 magnitude earthquake was located offshore Cyprus Island at coordinates (lat, lon) 34.69N 32.47E and about 21 km hypocentral depth.
The earthquake magnitude and the hypocentral localization, according to the decisional matrix, activated the Tsunami Alert Center service that at 2:33 pm UTC, sent an INFORMATION message to the Civil Protection Department and to the Mediterranean Countries.