List of earthquakes in Bangladesh

Map of earthquakes in Bangladesh 1900– (map data)

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. Note: Epicenter coordinates of the earthquakes aren't always the place where the real epicenter happened.

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Comments	Tectonic source/ Fault & Location of Epicenter	Ref
2026-02-27	Satkhira	5.3 M_w	VI		3	Buildings damaged from Satkhira to West Bengal	Indian Plate & Eurasian Plate (22.524°N 89.185°E)	^[1]^[2]
2025-11-21	Madhabdi, Narsingdi	5.4 M_w	VI	10	629	Moderate damage, Dhaka felt V, Gazipur and Narayanganj and Narsingdi felt VI, rest of them felt IV or less than IV	Madhupur Fault (23.89°N 90.57°E)	^[3]
2023-08-24	Sylhet	5.5 M_w	V		10		Dauki Fault System (25.02°N 92.13°E)	^[4]
2021-11-26	Chittagong	6.2 M_w	VIII	3	5	Slight damage	Indo-Burma Subduction Zone (22.81°N 93.52°E)	^[5]
2016-01-04	Manipur (India)	6.7 M_w	VII	5	100+	One old man died in Sunamganj District due to heart failure, at Dhaka University, at least 29 people, mostly students, were injured while rushing down stairs or jumping from residential halls, most injuries were caused from panicking.	Irang River Fault (24.80°N 93.50°E)
2015-04-25	Gorkha (Nepal)	7.8	VI	4 - 6	100+	Moderate damage. At least 17 to 23 buildings across the country, In Dhaka City several high-rises had tilted including buildings in Bangshal (Old Dhaka), In Savar a 6 story building tilted significantly, cracks were reported in schools or hospitals in districts like Bogra and Jessore.	Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) (28.23°N 84.73°E)
26-12-2004	North Sumatra (Indonesia)	9.1 - 9.3 M_w	IV - V	2	Unknown	Cox's Bazar and Chittagong experienced waves as high as 2.4 meters (8 feet) while Saint Martin's Island had the lowest waves at 31 cm (12.2 inches)	Sunda Megathrust Fault (3.31°N 95.85°E)	[32]
2003-07-27	Chittagong	5.5 M_b	VI			Additional damage	Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault (22.82°N 92.34°E)	^[6]
2003-07-27	Chittagong	4.3 M_b	IV			Additional damage	Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault (22.75°N 92.20°E)	^[7]
2003-07-26	Chittagong	5.7 M_w	VII	2	25	Moderate damage	Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault (22.89°N 92.33°E)	^[8]
2002-06-20	Rangpur	4.5 M_w	V		55	Minor damage	Rangpur Saddle (25.84°N 88.93°E)	^[9]
2001-12-19	Dhaka	4.5 M_w	VI		100	Minor damage	Madhupur Fault (23.63°N 90.37°E)	^[10]
1999-07-22	Maheshkhali Island	5.2 M_w	VI	6		Moderate damage	Maheshkhali Anticline (21.51°N 91.95°E)	^[11]
1997-11-21	Chittagong	6.1 M_w	V	23		Minor damage, a 5-story building collapsed when the earthquake hit, killingng 23 people.	Indo-Burma Plate Boundary (22.21°N 92.71°E)	^[12]
1989-06-12	Khulna	5.8 M_w	VIII	1	100	Minor damage	Eocene Hinge Zone (22.68°N 89.44°E)	^[13]
1988-02-06	Sylhet	5.9 M_w	VII	2	100	Moderate damage	Dauki Fault (24.78°N 91.56°E)	^[14]
1956-06-12	Netrokona	5.5 M_w	VII			Some damage.	Dauki Fault (25.03°N 90.85°E)	^[15]
1955-12-14	Southeast of Bandarban	6.2 M_w	VII - VIII	8	149	Epicentered in Mindat Region, Myanmar. 459 homes destroyed and 8,352 homes damaged.	Chittagong-Arakan Fault (21.8°N 92.5°E)
1923-09-09	Netrokona	6.9 M_w	VIII	10+	100+	Strong damage	Dauki Fault (Eastern Segment) (24.96°N 90.75°E)	^[16]
1921-03-30	Near Lalmohan Upazila, Bhola	6.4 M_w	VI - VII	Unknown	Unknown	While the exact intensity is unknown, a 6.4 magnitude typically produces "Strong" to "Very Strong" shaking near the epicenter.	Chittagong-Myanmar Fault (22.50°N 90.70°E)	^[17]
1918-07-08	Srimangal	7.2 - 7.6 M_w	VIII	Unknown	Unknown	The quake was felt as west as Lahore (Pakistan), extensively through East Bengal and Burma (Myanmar), damage were reported in Sylhet, Kishorganj, Brahmanbaria and as far as Dhaka.	Mat Fault (24.50°N 91.00°E)	^[18]
1897-06-12	Assam (India)	8.0 - 8.7 M_w	IX - X	1,500 - 1,600	Unknown	About 500+ were reported dead in the District of Sylhet, the dome of the Ahsan Manzil had collapsed in the earthquake, forcing the Nawab family to live in tents.	Dauki Fault (26.0°N 90.7°E)
1885-07-14	Manikganj	7.0 - 7.2 M_w	IX	47-100+	Unknown	Strong damage	Madhupur Fault (23.95°N 89.96°E)	^[19]
1762-04-02	Chittagong	8.8 M_w	XI	200+	Unknown	Extreme damage, local tsunami, the Cess Lung Joom hill was reported to have entirely sunk. Another hill, Joom Chater Pedia, sank so low that its peak became level with the surrounding plains.	Arakan Megathrust (Subduction Zone) (22.0°N 92.0°E)	^[20]
1548-09-22	Sylhet	M_w  ⩾ 7.1	VIII-IX	Unknown	Unknown	Extreme damage, water & mud ejected from ground (liquefaction); felt over large area.	Dauki Fault (Unknown)	^[21]
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.

Type	Date	Magnitude	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Event Name:
Strongest	1762-04-02	8.8 M_w	XI	Unknown	Unknown	1762 Arakan earthquake
Deadliest	1897-06-12	8.0 - 8.7 M_w	IX - X	1,500 - 1,600	Unknown	1897 Assam earthquake

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