A disturbance was caused during a live interview with the Cyprus Times, with the guest of the Minister of Defense, Vassilis Palmas, as while the interview was in progress and broadcast live, the earth began to vibrate, with the lens recording minute by minute the seismic activity and the “frozen” reactions of both the minister and the journalist.
Without interrupting the discussion, the minister and the journalist Manolis Kalatzis looked at each other in surprise, as the microphones and cameras were still working.
Still, they remained in their positions with composure, moving to Richter’s pace.
The impressive snapshot immediately went viral on social media, causing a wave of comments about the composure of the two men.
The earthquake
The new strong earthquake that occurred on the afternoon of Wednesday 11/12 in Cyprus, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale according to the Euro-Mediterranean Institute, had a focal depth of 14.3 kilometers, while the epicenter of the earthquake is estimated at 10 kilometers southeast of Paphos.
A little earlier, we had a 5.2 magnitude tremor with experts waiting to see if it was the main earthquake. The initial tremor was followed by three aftershocks of magnitude 3.5, 3.6 and the largest 4.7.
