List of earthquakes in Bangladesh

Earthquakes in Bangladesh are frequent and often cause damage. These seismic events occur due to the country's proximity to a convergent boundary between the Indian Plate, the Eurasian Plate and the minor Burma Plate.

Earthquakes

Date Region Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments Tectonic source/ Fault Ref
2026-02-27 Satkhira 5.3 Mw  VI 3 Buildings damaged from Satkhira to West Bengal Indian Plate & Eurasian Plate [1][2]
2025-12-4 Dhaka 4.1 Mw  V Madhupur Fault [3]
2025-11-22 Narsingdi 4.3 Mw  V 6 Slight damage Madhupur Fault [4]
2025-11-21 Narsingdi 5.4 Mw  VI 10 629 Moderate damage Madhupur Fault [5]
2023-12-02 Ramganj 5.5 Mw  V 213 Minor damage [6]
2023-08-24 Sylhet 5.5 Mw  V 10 Dauki Fault System [7]
2023-06-16 Sylhet 5.0 Mb IV Dauki Fault System [8]
2023-05-05 Dhaka 4.3 Mb V Madhupur Fault (Tangail-Tripura Lineament) [9]
2021-11-26 Chittagong 6.2 Mw  VIII 3 5 Slight damage Indo-Burma Subduction Zone [10]
2012-03-18 Dhaka 4.5 Mw  VI Madhupur Fault [11]
2010-09-10 Chittagong 5.1 Mw  VII Slight damage Coastal Fault Zone [12]
2008-09-20 Chandpur 4.5 Mb VI [13]
2008-07-26 Dhaka 4.8 Mw  VI 25 Madhupur Fault [14]
2007-11-07 Chittagong 5.5 Mw  VI 10 Minor damage Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault [15]
2003-07-27 5.5 Mb VI Additional damage Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault [16]
4.3 Mb IV Additional damage Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault [17]
2003-07-26 5.7 Mw  VII 2 25 Moderate damage Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault [18]
2002-06-20 Rangpur 4.5 Mw  V 55 Minor damage [19]
2001-12-19 Dhaka 4.5 Mw  VI 100 Minor damage Madhupur Fault [20]
1999-07-22 Maheshkhali Island 5.2 Mw  VI 6 Moderate damage Maheshkhali Anticline [21]
1997-11-21 Chittagong 6.1 Mw  V 23 Minor damage Indo-Burma Plate Boundary [22]
1989-06-12 Khulna 5.8 Mw  VIII 1 100 Minor damage Eocene Hinge Zone [23]
1988-02-06 Sylhet 5.9 Mw  VII 2 100 Moderate damage Dauki Fault [24]
1956-06-12 Netrokona 5.5 Mw  VII [25]
1923-09-09 Netrokona 6.9 Mw  VIII 10+ 100+ Strong damage Dauki Fault (Eastern Segment) [26]
1921-03-30 South of Barisal 6.4 Mw  Unknown [27]
1918-07-08 Netrokona 7.2 Mw  VIII Unknown Unknown Some damage Dauki Fault (Eastern Segment) [28]
1885-07-14 North-west of Narsingdi 7.0 Mw  IX 47-100+ Unknown Strong damage Madhupur Fault [29]
1762-04-02 Chittagong 8.8 Mw  XI 200+ Unknown Extreme damage, local tsunami Arakan Megathrust (Subduction Zone) [30]
1548-00-00 Sylhet Mw  ⩾ 7.1 VIII-IX Unknown Unknown Extreme damage, water & mud ejected from ground (liquefaction); felt over large area. Dauki Fault [31]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References

  1. ^ "M 5.3 - 26 km SE of Tāki, India". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
  2. ^ "زلزله 5.4 ریشتری مناطق مرزی افغانستان و تاجیکستان را لرزاند؛ دو تن در بدخشان زخمی شدند". Afghan Voice Agency (in Persian). 25 February 2026. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  3. ^ "USGS". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  4. ^ "M 4.3 - 11 km W of Narsingdi, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. 2025-11-22. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  5. ^ "M 5.5 - 14 km WSW of Narsingdi, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. 2025-11-22.
  6. ^ "M 5.5 - 10 km ENE of Rāmganj, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Mild earthquake jolts Dhaka". Prothomalo. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  8. ^ "Earthquake jolts Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh". The Business Standard. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  9. ^ "Mild earthquake hits Bangladeshi capital, no casualties reported - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  10. ^ "M 6.2 - 19 km SW of Hakha, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  11. ^ "M 4.5 - 14 km ENE of Doh?r, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  12. ^ "M 5.1 - 27 km S of Son?rgaon, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  13. ^ "M 4.5 - 20 km NW of H?j?ganj, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  14. ^ "M 4.8 - 13 km ENE of Mymensingh, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  15. ^ "M 5.5 - 18 km ESE of Bandarban, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  16. ^ "M 5.5 - 41 km W of Lunglei, India". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  17. ^ "M 4.3 - 34 km NE of Raoj?n, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  18. ^ "M 5.7 - 44 km SE of Khagrachhari, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  19. ^ "M 4.5 - 8 km NNE of Saidpur, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  20. ^ "M 4.5 - 9 km SSW of Dhaka, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  21. ^ "M 5.2 - 16 km NW of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  22. ^ "M 6.1 - 42 km SW of Saiha, India". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  23. ^ "M 5.8 - 49 km S of Sarankhola, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  24. ^ "M 5.9 - 18 km SSW of Jahedpur, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  25. ^ "USGS".
  26. ^ "M 6.9 - Chuchua, Netrokona, Bangladesh". United States Geological Survey. September 9, 1923. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  27. ^ "M 6.4 - 9 km WNW of L?lmohan, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  28. ^ "M 7.2 - Maska, Netrokona, Bangladesh". United States Geological Survey. July 8, 1918. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  29. ^ "Revisiting Two Damaging Indian Earthquakes of 1885: Kashmir and Bengal". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  30. ^ Mondal, Dhiman R.; McHugh, Cecilia M.; Mortlock, Richard A.; Steckler, Michael S.; Mustaque, Sharif; Akhter, Syed Humayun (October 2018). "Microatolls document the 1762 and prior earthquakes along the southeast coast of Bangladesh". Tectonophysics. 745: 196–213. Bibcode:2018Tectp.745..196M. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.020. S2CID 53578945.
  31. ^ Morino, Michio; Kamal, A. S. M. Maksud; Akhter, S. Humayun; Rahman, Md. Zillur; Ali, Reshad Md. Ekram; Talukder, Animesh; Khan, Md. Mahmood Hossain; Matsuo, Jun; Kaneko, Fumio (2014-09-01). "A paleo-seismological study of the Dauki fault at Jaflong, Sylhet, Bangladesh: Historical seismic events and an attempted rupture segmentation model". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 91: 218–226. Bibcode:2014JAESc..91..218M. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.06.002. ISSN 1367-9120.


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