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FURTHER news has been received of the earthquake recently reported to have taken place on January 20 in Cyprus (NATURE, February 1, p. 145). The epicentre of the earthquake appears from these latest reports to have been some five or six miles to the south of Famagusta. At Paralimmi, a village of 500 houses about 8 miles south of Famagusta, 50 houses were destroyed, 100 seriously damaged and four people were injured. Cracks and displacement of stones in large buildings and houses were widespread in the island, though no structure of importance collapsed. The Citadel, Mosque House, and Cathedral in Famagusta suffered damage, as also did Kyrenia Castle.
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Earthquake in Cyprus. Nature 147, 174 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147174a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147174a0