Earthquakes in 2006 resulted in about 6,602 fatalities. The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake was the deadliest with 5,749 fatalities. The 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake was the largest in 2006 at 8.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami caused a significant tsunami that killed 730 people. Other significant earthquakes in 2006 struck Iran, Taiwan, China, Argentina, and Tajikistan.

Compared to other years

Overall

By death toll Rank Death toll Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Date Indonesia, Yogyakarta 15.0 Indonesia, West Java offshore 25.3 Iran, Lorestan 10.0 China, Yunnan 55.6 Note: At least 10 dead

By magnitude Rank Magnitude Death toll Location Date Russia Tonga Indonesia Indonesia Russia East of The South Sandwich Islands , Kermadec Islands Fiji Mozambique Scotia Sea Taiwan Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

By month

January

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck east of South Sandwich Islands, on January 2, at a depth of . A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Fiji, on January 2, at a depth of . A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Gulf of California, on January 4, at a depth of . A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck south of Panama, on January 6, at a depth of . A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece, on January 8, at a depth of . Three people were slightly injured on Crete, and eighty homes and an airport were damaged on Cythera. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Flores Sea, on January 15, at a depth of . A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu, on January 23, at a depth of . A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near west coast of Colombia, on January 23, at a depth of . A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Banda Sea, on January 27, at a depth of .

February

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Fiji, on February 2, at a depth of 600 km. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Andaman Islands, India, on February 3, at a depth of 10 km. A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Sikkim, India, on February 14, at a depth of 33 km. Two people were killed by landslides at Sherathang, and two people were injured in eastern Sikkim. Moderate damage to buildings and roads was reported in the Gangtok area. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Mariana Islands, on February 14, at a depth of 50 km. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, on February 18, at a depth of 20 km. A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria, on February 20, at a depth of 10 km. Two people were injured, at least 175 buildings slightly damaged and power and telephone service interrupted in the Murgovo area. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Manica Province, Mozambique, on February 22, at a depth of 10 km. One person was killed at Espungabera, one at Machaze and two at Beira. Thirty-six people were injured and at least 294 buildings damaged in the Espungabera-Beira-Chimoio area. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Bouvet Island, on February 23, at a depth of 2 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Fiji, on February 24, at a depth of 640 km. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck south of Fiji Islands, on February 26, at a depth of 500 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Fiji, on February 26, at a depth of 33 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hormozgan Province, Iran, on February 28, at a depth of 40 km. Six people were injured in Kahnuj, and many buildings damaged or destroyed at Faryab.

March

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on March 3 at a depth of 10 km. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Tonga on March 5 at a depth of 205 km. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Mid-Indian Ridge on March 6 at a depth of 10 km. A magnitude 6.2 struck Vanuatu on March 7 at a depth of 133 km. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Gujarat, India on March 7 at a depth of 10 km. At least 7 people were injured in the Jatawada-Rapar area and some buildings were damaged at Jatawada. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on March 9 at a depth of 10 km. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck the Kashmir region on March 10 at a depth of 10 km. One person was killed and 22 injured in Mirpur. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Seram, Indonesia on March 14 at a depth of 30 km. 3 people died with 1 missing on Buru due to a localised tsunami with wave heights of up to 7 meters. 116 homes damaged or destroyed at Péla, 54 at Bata Jugku, 30 at Waimorot, 25 at Wailawa and 16 at Waimoly. A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Bejaia Province, Algeria on March 20 at a depth of 10 km. 4 people died and for 9 were injured at Kherrata. 30 homes were destroyed soon and 32 damaged. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the north coast of the Papua New Guinea mainland on March 24 at a depth of 12 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Fiji on March 24 at a depth of 13 km. A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Hormozgan Province, Iran on March 25 at a depth of 18 km. 1 person died and 1 was injured at Fin. Homes were damaged in the area. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Lorestan Province, Iran on March 31 at a depth of 7 km. Around 70 people died and more than 1,300 were injured in the Borujerd area. At least 40 villages were flattened in the vicinity. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand region on March 31 at a depth of 13 km. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Talaud Islands, Indonesia on March 31 at a depth of 37 km.

April

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Tai-tung, Taiwan on April 1 at a depth of 9 km. There were 42 people injured and some buildings damaged in the area. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico on April 4 at a depth of 33 km. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa, Pakistan on April 4 at a depth of 10 km. At least 28 people were injured and several houses damaged or destroyed at Battagram. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Fiji on April 7 at a depth of 14 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia on April 12 with a depth of 29 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile on April 15 with a depth of 20 km. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on April 17 at a depth of 16 km. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the west coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19 at a depth of 17 km. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Koryak Okrug, Russia on April 20 at a depth of 22 km. At least 40 people were injured and villages of Apuka, Khailino and Vyvenka were destroyed. Some buildings and water supply systems badly damaged in the Korf-Tilichiki area. In late April 2006 large aftershocks struck Koryak Okrug, Russia. Among them were a magnitude 6.1 on April 20 (depth 10 km), a magnitude 6.1 on April 21 (depth 9 km), a magnitude 6.0 on April 21 (depth 12 km), and the largest being a magnitude 6.6 on April 29 with a depth of 11 km. A mining accident happened in a mine near Beaconsfield, Tasmania on April 25. This left one miner dead and two others trapped for two weeks. There had been an earthquake with magnitude 2.2 at the time. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Nias, Indonesia on April 25 with a depth of 21 km. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck in the ocean west of Macquarie Island on April 26 with a depth of 10 km. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu on April 30 with a depth of 128 km. Two large earthquakes struck off the coast of Atacama, Chile within hours on April 30. The magnitudes were 6.6 and 6.5 and both had a depth of 12 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Tonga on April 30 with a depth of 10 km.

May

A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Tonga on May 3 with a depth of 55 km. One person was injured, a church was damaged, windows were broken and items knocked from shelves at Nukuʻalofa. A tsunami was observed at many locations around the Pacific. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Kerman Province, Iran on May 7 at a depth of 14 km. More than 70 people were injured and some buildings and roads damaged in the Zarand area. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Mid-Indian Ridge on May 7 at a depth of 10 km. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Fox Islands region of Alaska on May 10 at a depth of 18 km. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on May 16 at a depth of 152 km. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Nias, Indonesia on May 16 at a depth of 12 km. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Molucca Sea, Indonesia on May 19 at a depth of 35 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck in the Pacific off the coast of Ecuador on May 21 at a depth of 10 km. A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Koryak Okrug, Russia on May 22 at a depth of 19 km. This was one of the largest aftershocks of the April 20th mainshock. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia on May 22 at a depth of 197 km. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia on May 22 at a depth of 3 km. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Java, Indonesia on May 26 at a depth of 13 km. At least 5,749 people were killed, 38,568 were injured and as many as 600,000 people were displaced in the Yogyakarta area. More than 127,000 houses were destroyed and an additional 451,000 were damaged in the area, with the total loss estimated at 3.1 billion U.S. dollars. This was the deadliest earthquake of 2006. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck New Britain, Papua New Guinea on May 28 at a depth of 34 km.

June

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Fiji on June 2 at a depth of 592 km. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Qeshm, Hormozgan Province, Iran on June 3 at a depth of 12 km. 2 people were killed and 4 injured on Qeshm. Some buildings were damaged at Ramkan. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on June 5 at a depth of 10 km. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Fiji on June 9 at a depth of 564 km, one struck from getting the depth. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Kyushu, Japan on June 11 at a depth of 140 km. At least eight people injured in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu; Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku; and Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures, Honshu. A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Gjirokaster County, Albania on June 13 at a depth of 10 km. One person was slightly injured and 12 homes were damaged at Tepelene. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake followed shortly afterwards by a magnitude 6.0 aftershock struck the Rat Islands, Alaska on June 14. The mainshock had a depth of 14 km and the aftershock 29 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on June 18 at a depth of 9 km. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Gansu, China on June 20 at a depth of 24 km. Five people injured in Gansu. Twenty-five houses damaged at Xinsi. At least six buildings damaged at the Linjiang and Liping. Two landslides damaged the road between Wen Xian and Wudu Counties same. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Nicobar Islands, India on June 21 at a depth of 16 km. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands, Russia on June 22 at a depth of 95 km. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 24 at a depth of 26 km. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Rat Islands, Alaska on June 27 at a depth of 17 km. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Fiji on June 27 at a depth of 570 km. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Nicobar Islands, India on June 27 at a depth of 20 km. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Qeshm, Hormozgan Province, Iran on June 28 at a depth of 11 km. 9 people were injured and power cuts occurred on Jazireh-ye Qeshm.

July

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Tonga on July 7 at a depth of 35 km. A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Andreanof Islands, Alaska on July 8 at a depth of 22 km. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Atacama, Chile on July 16 at a depth of 10 km.