Cyprus overhauls seismic zone map, citing lessons from Colombia and Venezuela quakes

Cyprus has spent the past year revising its seismic zones, seismologist Sylvana Pilidou, Senior Geological Officer at the Geological Survey Department, said, speaking after the destructive 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia the day before, and the consecutive 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela in June.

She said these were two destructive seismic events of similar magnitude but different origin, not directly related to each other but occurring in the same broader tectonic...