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
2025-12-11 Sylhet 3.3 Mw  II Dauki Fault (Likely) [1]
2025-12-11 Sylhet 3.5 Mw  III Dauki Fault (Likely) [2]
2025-12-4 Narsingdi 4.1 Mw  V Modhupur Fault Zone [3]
2025-11-22 Narsingdi 4.3 Mw  V 6 Slight damage Modhupur Fault Zone [4]
2025-11-21 Narsingdi 5.4 Mw  VI 10 629 Moderate damage Modhupur Fault [5]
2023-12-02 Chittagong 5.5 Mw  V 213 Minor damage Indo-Burma Plate Boundary [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 Modhupur Fault (Tangail-Tripura Lineament) [9]
2021-11-26 Chittagong 6.2 Mw  VIII 5 Slight damage Indo-Burma Subduction Zone [10]
2012-03-18 Dhaka 4.5 Mw  VI Modhupur Fault [11]
2010-09-10 Chittagong 5.1 Mw  VII Slight damage Coastal Fault Zone [12]
2008-09-20 Chandpur 4.5 Mb IV [13]
2008-07-26 Dhaka 4.8 Mw  VI 25 Modhupur 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 Modhupur 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]
1923-09-09 Netrokona 6.9 Mw  VIII 10+ 100+ Strong damage Dauki Fault (Eastern Segment) [25]
1918-07-08 Netrokona 7.2 Mw  VIII Unknown Unknown Some damage Dauki Fault (Eastern Segment) [26]
1885-07-14 North-west of Narsingdi 7.0 Mw  IX 47-100+ Unknown Strong damage Modhupur Fault [27]
1762-04-02 Chittagong 8.8 Mw  XI 200+ Unknown Extreme damage, local tsunami Arakan Megathrust (Subduction Zone) [28]
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 [29]
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

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  3. ^ "Dhaka wakes up to a 4.1-magnitude earthquake". The Business Standard. 2025-12-04. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  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.
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  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. ^ "Earthquake - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  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. ^ "M 6.9 - Chuchua, Netrokona, Bangladesh". United States Geological Survey. September 9, 1923. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  26. ^ "M 7.2 - Maska, Netrokona, Bangladesh". United States Geological Survey. July 8, 1918. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
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  29. ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.06.002. ISSN 1367-9120.


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