1885 Bengal earthquake
Earthquake in South Asia
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The 1885 Bengal earthquake, also known as the Manikganj earthquake occurred on 14 July in Manikganj.[2]
The damaging earthquake caused widespread destruction in Dhaka.[3] Its epicentre was about 60 kilometres from Dhaka city - and was estimated to be 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale.[4] The earthquake was felt throughout Bengal Province extending westwards into Chota Nagpur and Bihar, northwards into Sikkim and Bhutan, as well eastwards into Assam, Manipur and Burma.[5]