M4.2 earthquake 21 km NE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan on Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 2:14 AM GMT+5:30 (20:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 14 km ENE of Udalguri, India. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-23 20:44:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.911° N, 91.681° E
- Region
- Bhutan
- 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.63 km SSE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.810 km SSW of Dhing, India · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.87 km NW of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.814 km ENE of Udalguri, India · 7486 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.118 km W of Bomdila, India · 7469 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.22 km SSW of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.930 km WNW of Udalguri, India · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.214 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.823 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.727 km W of Bomdila, India · 7528 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eaq7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.