| Earthquakes around the world |
| August, 2006 |
| Earthquakes taken place in the month of |
| Earthquakes of magnitude 5 and above are shown below. |
| Mag Date Time UTC Lat Long Depth Place of earthquake Km |
| Tsunami kills 500 people on 17th july at Java Indonesia |
| 5.2 2006/08/01 10:19:42 19.08S 173.59W 32 TONGA 5.1 2006/08/02 23:44:24 5.45S 152.51E 32 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.1 2006/08/02 18:13:57 3.82N 95.82E 30 NORTHERN SUMATRA 5.8 2006/08/02 14:45:05 11.14S 116.81E 15 SOUTH OF LOMBOK, INDONESIA 5.0 2006/08/02 13:11:58 8.67N 91.92E 17 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA 5.0 2006/08/02 10:41:59 19.27N 95.58E 10 MYANMAR 5.0 2006/08/03 17:28:09 57.80S 25.56W 68 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 5.2 2006/08/04 13:41:40 9.91N 70.62W 19 TRUJILLO, VENEZUELA 5.0 2006/08/04 10:47:41 5.25N 94.43E 30 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 5.7 2006/08/04 07:45:50 51.90N 171.12E 42 NEAR ISLANDS, ALASKA 5.5 2006/08/05 14:03:44 33.10S 68.67W 22 MENDOZA, ARGENTINA |
| 5.8 2006/08/06 18:16:40 26.06N 144.07E 22 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN 5.6 2006/08/06 14:26:20 37.44N 74.71E 12 TAJIKISTAN 6.8 2006/08/07 22:18:55 15.86S 167.76E 149 VANUATU 5.1 2006/08/08 21:20:10 40.22N 19.76E 10 ALBANIA 5.4 2006/08/09 08:01:34 6.25S 154.55E 147 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.1 2006/08/09 00:15:40 6.05N 126.76E 116 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES 5.5 2006/08/09 22:36:09 14.31S 70.55W 35 SOUTHERN PERU 5.3 2006/08/09 17:21:39 33.25S 179.73E 39 THE KERMADEC ISLANDS 5.2 2006/08/10 07:03:04 13.66N 90.51W 76 OFFSHORE GUATEMALA 5.3 2006/08/11 23:51:08 22.46N 121.47E 35 TAIWAN REGION 6.0 2006/08/11 20:54:13 2.37N 96.32E 10 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA 5.2 2006/08/11 14:38:38 18.53N 100.95E 70 MICHOACAN, MEXICO 6.0 2006/08/11 14:30:40 18.486 100.93W 60 GUERRERO, MEXICO 5.2 2006/08/12 06:55:23 9.69S 107.52E 10 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA 5.1 2006/08/12 06:15:28 2.18N 96.34E 30 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA |
| 5.0 2006/08/12 23:27:56 1.03N 126.56E 28 MOLUCCA SEA 5.5 2006/08/12 18:39:18 28.83N 130.02E 28 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN 5.0 2006/08/12 13:11:03 52.61S 140.22E 10 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND 5.0 2006/08/12 03:32:26 6.56S 154.36E 36 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.4 2006/08/13 21:54:11 58.24S 139.77W 10 PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE 5.3 2006/08/13 10:35:13 34.48N 26.55E 32 CRETE, GREECE 5.2 2006/08/13 09:53:12 29.91S 177.79W 46 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND 5.3 2006/08/13 08:41:46 5.49N 94.69E 30 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 5.1 2006/08/13 04:29:28 41.54S 173.03E 114 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND 5.4 2006/08/13 00:15:38 5.74S 151.33E 36 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.0 2006/08/14 13:09:36 19.02N 64.63W 21 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION 5.6 2006/08/14 04:03:56 55.48S 124.49W 10 SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE 6.1 2006/08/15 23:53:47 21.17S 176.27W 156 FIJI REGION 5.0 2006/08/15 17:45:37 22.58S 175.27W 25 TONGA REGION 5.7 2006/08/15 12:26:20 51.27N 179.24E 39 ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA 5.9 2006/08/15 03:05:12 4.68S 126.71E 22 BANDA SEA 5.0 2006/08/16 08:00:14 14.02N 56.82E 21 OWEN FRACTURE ZONE REGION 5.5 2006/08/17 15:20:35 46.56N 141.89E 16 SAKHALIN, RUSSIA 5.1 2006/08/17 13:33:00 23.14S 69.48W 83 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE 6.2 2006/08/17 11:11:39 55.67N 161.66E 84 EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA 5.0 2006/08/19 16:05:59 28.86S 61.47E 10 SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE 5.0 2006/08/19 11:59:23 19.73S 167.88E 35 VANUATU REGION 5.2 2006/08/19 10:28:02 25.43S 176.78W 15 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS 5.5 2006/08/19 05:41:30 16.45N 97.22W 27 OAXACA, MEXICO 5.0 2006/08/20 16:01:55 5.86S 152.41E 35 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.5 2006/08/20 13:35:01 60.86S 34.15W 10 SCOTIA SEA 7.1 2006/08/20 03:41:47 61.01S 34.37W 10 SCOTIA SEA 5.9 2006/08/20 03:01:06 49.87N 156.41E 49 KURIL ISLANDS 5.0 2006/08/20 02:51:13 28.99S 68.26W 91 LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA |
| Mag Date Time UTC Lat Long Depth Place of earthquake Km |
| Mag Date Time UTC Lat Long Depth Place of earthquake Km |
| 5.4 2006/08/21 12:49:14 2.85S 126.20E 10 CERAM SEA, INDONESIA 5.0 2006/08/22 23:02:10 13.15N 88.30W 139 OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR 5.2 2006/08/22 16:51:06 47.53N 154.26E 15 KURIL ISLANDS 5.0 2006/08/22 13:05:39 6.70S 129.63E 160 BANDA SEA 5.1 2006/08/22 09:23:23 35.21N 27.10E 50 DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE 5.0 2006/08/22 07:37:05 60.96S 34.25W 10 SCOTIA SEA 5.6 2006/08/23 23:15:22 4.28S 152.84E 35 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.2 2006/08/23 18:31:51 4.71N 95.07E 30 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 5.2 2006/08/23 00:53:33 21.23S 33.25E 10 MOZAMBIQUE 5.0 2006/08/24 22:37:37 9.05S 108.39E 10 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA 6.5 2006/08/24 21:50:37 51.15N 157.49E 43 EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA 5.0 2006/08/24 16:11:19 57.49S 148.16E 10 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND 5.2 2006/08/25 22:59:42 14.81N 90.98W 176 GUATEMALA 5.2 2006/08/25 05:51:47 28.04N 104.18E 40 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA 6.6 2006/08/25 00:44:43 24.31S 66.85W 155 SALTA, ARGENTINA 5.6 2006/08/26 23:46:23 51.49N 179.46W 68 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALASKA 5.3 2006/08/26 23:44:35 51.00N 179.71W 64 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALASKA 5.7 2006/08/26 23:40:44 51.41N 179.46W 74 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALASKA 5.3 2006/08/27 17:11:17 24.94N 122.94E 133 TAIWAN REGION 5.1 2006/08/27 07:07:32 18.98S 169.30E 237 VANUATU 5.0 2006/08/28 05:22:51 9.12S 108.02E 35 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA |
| 5.7 2006/08/28 14:24:11 10.81S 165.06E 41 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 5.1 2006/08/29 13:38:05 6.65S 131.93E 10 KEPULAUAN TANIMBAR, INDONESIA 5.0 2006/08/29 12:38:25 0.31S 125.42E 35 MOLUCCA SEA 5.1 2006/08/29 12:18:18 0.34S 125.23E 73 MOLUCCA SEA 5.8 2006/08/29 10:53:09 0.40S 125.08E 60 MOLUCCA SEA 5.1 2006/08/30 17:39:37 9.53S 107.81E 10 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA 5.7 2006/08/30 16:13:39 17.54S 65.85E 10 MAURITIUS - REUNION REGION 5.5 2006/08/31 22:58:26 28.84N 129.99E 35 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN 5.0 2006/08/31 16:20:36 24.14S 66.91W 182 SALTA, ARGENTINA 5.1 2006/08/31 09:41:40 45.33N 149.94E 44 KURIL ISLANDS 5.8 2006/08/31 08:08:29 0.31S 125.10E 50 MOLUCCA SEA |