(a) Block geometry and seismic activity around the region. Blue lines represent the boundaries defined as dislocation sources, red lines correspond to the other block boundaries which do not accumulate elastic strain. Focal mechanisms represent the earthquakes Mw4.5 between 1976-2022 (Ekström and Nettles, 1997) (the Feb 6 2023 earthquakes are highlighted in red). They were scaled according to their magnitudes. b) The cross-sectional view (marked as P-P’ in the map) from the northern tip of the Cyprus Arc to the Kyrenia range (~35 km width). Focal mechanisms (Ekström and Nettles, 1997) and red dots (Kandilli et al., 2001; http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr), which are the earthquakes that coincide with the domain of the cross-section, were projected onto the section.