Significant Earthquakes of 2006

• January 1, 2006, S. of, Honshu, JapanM5.6 · tsunami
• January 8, 2006, Southern, GreeceM6.7
• January 27, 2006, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM7.6
• February 14, 2006, Sikkim, IndiaM5.3 · 2 deaths
• February 20, 2006, Greece-Bulgaria Border RegionM4.6
• February 22, 2006, MozambiqueM7 · 4 deaths · 294 houses destroyed
• February 23, 2006, Tashigang, BhutanM5.8 · 126 houses destroyed
• February 28, 2006, Southern, IranM6
• March 7, 2006, Gujarat, IndiaM5.5
• March 10, 2006, Mirpur District, PakistanM4.9 · 1 death
• March 14, 2006, Seram, IndonesiaM6.7 · 4 deaths · 241 houses destroyed · tsunami
• March 20, 2006, Northern, AlgeriaM4.9 · 4 deaths · 62 houses destroyed
• March 25, 2006, Southern, IranM5.9 · 1 death
• March 28, 2006, Tapaktuan, N. Sumatra, IndonesiaM5
• March 31, 2006, Borujerd, Dorud, Western, IranM6.1 · 70 deaths
• March 31, 2006, Jilin, Songyuan, Jilin Province, ChinaM4.9
• April 1, 2006, T'Ait-Tung, TaiwanM6.2
• April 4, 2006, Batgram, PakistanM4.8
• April 6, 2006, Gujarat, IndiaM5.5
• April 11, 2006, Zakynthos, GreeceM5.5
• April 19, 2006, Tibet (Xizang Province), ChinaM5.7
• April 20, 2006, Koryakskiy, RussiaM7.6 · $55 million
• May 3, 2006, Tonga IslandsM7.9 · tsunami
• May 4, 2006, Boquete, PanamaM4.5
• May 7, 2006, Zarand, IranM4.1
• May 12, 2006, Kaliandak, Sumatra, IndonesiaM5.5
• May 26, 2006, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Java, IndonesiaM6.3 · 6,234 deaths · $3.1 billion · 127,000 houses destroyed
• June 3, 2006, Qeshm, Southern, IranM5.1 · 2 deaths
• June 3, 2006, Hakkari, TurkeyM4.1
• June 3, 2006, Salima, MalawiM3.8
• June 5, 2006, Arquipelago DE Sao Pedro E Sao Paulo, Brazil, Atlantic OceanM6 · tsunami
• June 11, 2006, Kyushu, JapanM6.3
• June 13, 2006, Tepelene, AlbaniaM4.5 · 12 houses destroyed
• June 20, 2006, Gansu Province, ChinaM4.5
• July 17, 2006, Java, IndonesiaM7.7 · 802 deaths · $55 million · 1,623 houses destroyed · tsunami
• July 22, 2006, Yanjin, ChinaM4.9 · 22 deaths
• July 29, 2006, Panj-Qumsangir, TajikistanM5.6 · 3 deaths · 721 houses destroyed
• August 5, 2006, Mendoza, ArgentinaM5.6
• August 18, 2006, Dushanbe (Stalinabad), TajikistanM4.7
• August 24, 2006, FranceM4.3
• August 25, 2006, Sichuan Province, ChinaM4.6 · 1 death
• September 10, 2006, Gulf of MexicoM5.8
• September 28, 2006, Samoa IslandsM6.9 · tsunami
• September 29, 2006, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and TobagoM6.1 · 1 house destroyed
• September 29, 2006, Gasparillo, Trinidad, Trinidad and TobagoM5.5 · 1 death
• October 15, 2006, Hawaiian Islands, United StatesM6.7 · $150 million · tsunami
• October 20, 2006, Central, PeruM6.7
• October 23, 2006, Izu Islands, JapanM6.4 · tsunami
• October 27, 2006, Hubei, ChinaM4.5
• November 3, 2006, Nei Mongol, ChinaM4.7 · 5,586 houses destroyed
• November 13, 2006, Taiwan RegionM5.2 · tsunami
• November 15, 2006, Kuril Islands, RussiaM8.3 · tsunami
• November 17, 2006, Pyrenees, FranceM4.7
• November 23, 2006, Beregdaroc, HungaryM4.8
• November 23, 2006, North, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM4.7 · 60 houses destroyed
• November 24, 2006, Pinrang, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.2
• November 29, 2006, Morotai, Halmahera, IndonesiaM6.2 · 50 houses destroyed
• December 1, 2006, Bima, Sumabawa, IndonesiaM6.3 · 1 death · 20 houses destroyed
• December 8, 2006, Basel, SwitzerlandM3.9
• December 12, 2006, Mae Rim, ThailandM4.6 · 5 houses destroyed
• December 17, 2006, Northern, Muarasipongi, Sumatera, IndonesiaM5.8 · 7 deaths · 680 houses destroyed
• December 24, 2006, Rajasthan, IndiaM4.2
• December 25, 2006, Kochkor, KyrgyzstanM5.8 · 2,410 houses destroyed
• December 26, 2006, Pingtung, TaiwanM7 · 2 deaths · tsunami
• December 31, 2006, Budapest, HungaryM4.1

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.