It had an estimated magnitude of 7.0–7.5 and triggered a paleotsunami that was recorded in Libya and Alexandria.

A major NE-SW trending strike-slip structure has been identified just west of Cyprus, that is responsible for larger earthquakes in this area.

Monks of the Franciscan order abandoned their church in Paphos after the earthquake.

[5] The castle of Saranta Kolones, built only 30 years earlier overlooking the harbour, was destroyed by the earthquake.

[6][7] The earthquake permanently changed Paphos, rendering the harbour unusable, and moving the shoreline seawards; it no longer had a protected anchorage.