2006 Earthquake and News Headlines Archive
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Note: These archived webpages should generally not be considered to have the most up-to-date, authoritative information and images for each earthquake. For the most up-to-date information and images, please use the articles published in the scientific literature.
News
- 10/17/06 - 17th Anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
- 09/12/06 - USGS News Release: Did You Feel Yesterday's Earthquake?
- 05/15/06 - Pacific Tsunami Warning System Communications Test on May 16-17
- 04/28/06 - The Hayward Fault Exposed
- 04/20/06 - Kite Aerial Photography: Re-photographing George Lawrence's "San Francisco in Ruins"
- 04/19/06 - San Francisco Bay Region Geology and Geologic Hazards
- 04/06/06 - A Virtual Tour of the 1906 Earthquake using Google Earth
- 04/04/06 - USGS News Release: Scientists Recreate Ground Shaking from the 1906 Earthquake...
- 04/04/06 - Google Earth KMZ Files available for U.S. Faults
- 03/28/06 - 1906 Ground Motion Simulations
- 03/09/06 - Virtual tour of the Hayward fault, San Francisco region
- 03/02/06 - Applications are invited for research projects under the National Earthquake Reduction Program (NEHRP)
- 02/24/06 - New Geologic Maps Highlight Bay Area Earthquake Hazards
- 02/23/06 - 1906 Earthquake Centennial - USGS Products and Activities
- 02/02/06 - New USGS Website and Earthquake Notification Service Simplify Ways to Get Information You Need
- 02/02/06 - Teaching Earthquake Science Made Easy: USGS Partnership Puts Curriculum into the Classroom
- 02/01/06 - Mr. Earthquake Hangs His USGS Hat; Retires After 51 Years
- 01/19/06 - National Earthquake Center Goes 24/7
Earthquakes
- Magnitude 6.9 TAIWAN December 26, 2006
- Magnitude 7.1 TAIWAN REGION December 26, 2006
- Magnitude 8.3 KURIL ISLANDS November 15, 2006
- Magnitude 6.8 SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA November 13, 2006
- Magnitude 6.7 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU October 20, 2006
- Magnitude 4.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA October 20, 2006
- Magnitude 6.7 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA October 17, 2006
- Magnitude 6.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII October 15, 2006
- Magnitude 4.3 NORTH KOREA October 09, 2006
- Magnitude 3.8 MAINE October 03, 2006
- Magnitude 6.9 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION September 28, 2006
- Magnitude 5.8 GULF OF MEXICO September 10, 2006
- Magnitude 6.8 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA September 01, 2006
- Magnitude 7.0 SCOTIA SEA August 20, 2006
- Magnitude 6.1 GUERRERO, MEXICO August 11, 2006
- Magnitude 4.8 SOUTHERN ALASKA July 27, 2006
- Magnitude 7.7 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA July 17, 2006
- Magnitude 6.3 KYUSHU, JAPAN June 11, 2006
- Magnitude 6.3 JAVA, INDONESIA May 26, 2006
- Magnitude 7.4 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION May 16, 2006
- Magnitude 6.8 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA May 16, 2006
- Magnitude 8.0 TONGA May 03, 2006
- Magnitude 7.6 KORYAKIA, RUSSIA April 20, 2006
- Magnitude 6.1 WESTERN IRAN March 31, 2006
- Magnitude 4.2 WESTERN MONTANA March 22, 2006
- Magnitude 6.7 SERAM, INDONESIA March 14, 2006
- Magnitude 6.4 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS February 26, 2006
- Magnitude 7.0 MOZAMBIQUE February 22, 2006
- Magnitude 3.8 COLORADO February 10, 2006
- Magnitude 7.6 BANDA SEA January 27, 2006
- Magnitude 6.8 SOUTHERN GREECE January 08, 2006
- Magnitude 6.6 GULF OF CALIFORNIA January 04, 2006
- Magnitude 3.6 ILLINOIS January 02, 2006
- Magnitude 7.4 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS January 02, 2006