M3.9 earthquake 30 km WNW of Udalguri, India
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 30 km WNW of Udalguri, India on Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 1:52 AM GMT+5:30 (20:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 2 km SSW 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-23 20:22:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.830° N, 91.809° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.22 km SSW of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.221 km NE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.63 km SSE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.810 km SSW of Dhing, India · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.87 km NW of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.814 km ENE of Udalguri, India · 7486 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.118 km W of Bomdila, India · 7470 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eaq4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC.