M5.8 earthquake 23 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 23 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan on Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 1:34 AM GMT+5:30 (20:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (mwb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-23 20:04:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.912° N, 91.705° E
- Region
- Bhutan
- Strongest shaking
- VII, very strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VII, very strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 33.2% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 3.1 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 321°, dip 73°, rake -173°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 229°, dip 84°, rake -18°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 263
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.214 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.930 km WNW of Udalguri, India · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.22 km SSW of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.221 km NE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.63 km SSE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.810 km SSW of Dhing, India · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.87 km NW of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.814 km ENE of Udalguri, India · 7486 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.118 km W of Bomdila, India · 7469 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eaq0 (also filed as gcmtc200602232004a, gcmt20060223200453, atlas20060223200453, iscgem8096195). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC.