M4.7 earthquake 27 km W of Bomdila, India
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 27 km W of Bomdila, India on Sat, Feb 11, 2006, 10:34 AM GMT+5:30 (05:04 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 23 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-11 05:04:21 UTC
- Depth
- 49.3 km (30.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.233° N, 92.145° E
- Region
- India
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.823 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.214 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.930 km WNW of Udalguri, India · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.22 km SSW of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.221 km NE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.63 km SSE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.810 km SSW of Dhing, India · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.87 km NW of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.814 km ENE of Udalguri, India · 7487 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.118 km W of Bomdila, India · 7470 days ago · 49 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e9x4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:20 PM UTC.