March 7, 2006 Earthquake: Gujarat, India
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Gujarat, India on March 7, 2006 at 18:20:46 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 7, 2006
- Time
- 18:20:46 UTC
- Place
- Gujarat, India
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 23.777° N, 70.899° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
At least seven
people injured in the Jatawada-Rapar area and some
buildings damaged at Jatawada. Felt (IV) at Ahmadabad,
Bhuj, Morbi and Rajkot; (II) at Vadodara. Felt in much
of Gujarat and in southern Rajasthan. Also felt at
Matli, Pakistan. (above from reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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Sources
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. NCEI earthquake 7228.