Cyprus
CYP · 2024 energy mix · renewables 9.9% · fossil fuels 89.2%
Threat reading 0 of 100, classified STABLE. 1 events recorded here in the last seven days, 1 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Oil | 88.7% |
|---|---|
| Solar | 7.9% |
| Wind | 1.5% |
| Coal | 0.5% |
| Other renewables | 0.5% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 9.9% and fossil fuels for 89.2%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Cyprus is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 5 significant earthquakes and 2 tsunamis in or just off Cyprus since 76.
The deadliest was the 10 September 1953 magnitude 6.3 earthquake (Cyprus: Paphos), which killed 40 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 6.6, on 11 January 2022 (Cyprus: Paphos; Egypt: Damietta).
Across the entries that record a death toll, 45 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1953 | magnitude 6.3 earthquake | Cyprus: Paphos | 40 dead, 500 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 10 September 1953 | tsunami | Levantian Sea | 40 dead, 500 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 11 January 2022 | magnitude 6.6 earthquake | Cyprus: Paphos; Egypt: Damietta | 3 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 23 February 1995 | magnitude 5.9 earthquake | Cyprus: Paphos, Nicosia, Arodhes, Peristerona | 2 dead, 70 homes destroyed, $4 million damage |
| 11 May 1222 | tsunami | Cyprus Island | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 11 May 1222 | earthquake | Cyprus | damage $5 to 25 million |
| 76 | earthquake | Cyprus: Paphos, Salamis | damage $5 to 25 million |
A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Cyprus:
- 7 November 2026: M 2.2 - CYPRUS REGION
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 0 |
| Natural hazard | 0 |
| Resilience | 77 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.