February 14, 2006 Earthquake: Sikkim, India
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Sikkim, India on February 14, 2006 at 00:55:25 UTC, 30 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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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
- February 14, 2006
- Time
- 00:55:25 UTC
- Place
- Sikkim, India
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 30 km (19 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 27.382° N, 88.388° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
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.
Two people killed by
landslides at Sherathang. Two people injured in
eastern Sikkim. Buildings and roads were damaged in
the Gangtok area and at Bardan and Rangpo. Minor
damage to buildings at Shiliguri, West Bengal. Felt at
Darjiling, Guwahati, Itanagar, Jalpaiguri, Karsiyang,
Koch Bihar, Maldah and Shillong. Also felt at
Kathmandu, Nepal; at Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Pabna,
Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet and Thakurgaon, Bangladesh;
and at Paro Chhu, Phuntsholing and Thimphu, Bhutan.
(above from reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 15, 1934, Bihar, Nepal, India
- August 20, 1988, Kathmandu, Bihar, Nepal-India
- January 7, 2025, Tibet (Xizang Province), China
- September 18, 2011, Sikkim, Nepal, China, Bhutan, India
- October 29, 2011, Sikkim, India
- November 27, 2016, Mount Ama Dablam, Charikharka, Nepal
- March 25, 2003, Phuentsholing, Bhutan
- June 20, 2002, Rangpur, Thakurgaon, Almanagar, Bangladesh
- 1834, Tibet (Xizang Province), China
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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 7223.