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.

Earthquakes

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Comments	Tectonic source/ Fault	Ref
2025-12-4	Narsingdi	4.1 Mw	V				Modhupur Fault Zone	[1]
2025-11-22	Narsingdi	4.3 Mw	V		6	Slight damage	Modhupur Fault Zone	[2]
2025-11-21	Narsingdi	5.4 Mw	VI	10	629	Moderate damage	Modhupur Fault	[3]
2023-12-02	Chittagong	5.5 Mw	V		213	Minor damage	Indo-Burma Plate Boundary	[4]
2023-08-24	Sylhet	5.5 Mw	V		10		Dauki Fault System	[5]
2023-06-16	Sylhet	5.0 Mb	IV				Dauki Fault system	[6]
2023-05-05	Dhaka	4.3 Mb	V				Modhupur Fault (Tangail-Tripura Lineament)	[7]
2021-11-26	Chittagong	6.2 Mw	VIII		5	Slight damage	Indo-Burma Subduction Zone	[8]
2012-03-18	Dhaka	4.5 Mw	VI				Modhupur Fault	[9]
2010-09-10	Chittagong	5.1 Mw	VII			Slight damage	Coastal Fault Zone	[10]
2008-09-20	Chandpur	4.5 Mb	IV					[11]
2008-07-26	Dhaka	4.8 Mw	VI		25		Modhupur Fault	[12]
2007-11-07	Chittagong	5.5 Mw	VI		10	Minor damage	Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault	[13]
2003-07-27		5.5 Mb	VI			Additional damage	Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault	[14]
		4.3 Mb	IV			Additional damage	Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault	[15]
2003-07-26		5.7 Mw	VII	2	25	Moderate damage	Karnaphuli / Barkal Fault	[16]
2002-06-20	Rangpur	4.5 Mw	V		55	Minor damage		[17]
2001-12-19	Dhaka	4.5 Mw	VI		100	Minor damage	Modhupur Fault	[18]
1999-07-22	Maheshkhali Island	5.2 Mw	VI	6		Moderate damage	Maheshkhali Anticline	[19]
1997-11-21	Chittagong	6.1 Mw	V	23		Minor damage	Indo-Burma Plate Boundary	[20]
1989-06-12	Khulna	5.8 Mw	VIII	1	100	Minor damage	Eocene Hinge Zone	[21]
1988-02-06	Sylhet	5.9 Mw	VII	2	100	Moderate damage	Dauki Fault	[22]
1923-09-09	Netrokona	6.9 Mw	VIII	10+	100+	Strong damage	Dauki Fault (Eastern Segment)	[23]
1918-07-08	Netrokona	7.2 Mw	VIII	Unknown	Unknown	Some damage	Dauki Fault (Eastern Segment)	[24]
1885-07-14	North-west of Narsingdi	7.0 Mw	IX	47-100+	Unknown	Strong damage	Modhupur fault	[25]
1762-04-02	Chittagong	8.8 Mw	XI	200+	Unknown	Extreme damage, local tsunami	Arakan Megathrust (Subduction Zone)	[26]
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. "Dhaka wakes up to a 4.1-magnitude earthquake". The Business Standard. 2025-12-04. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
2. "M 4.3 - 11 km W of Narsingdi, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. 2025-11-22. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
3. "M 5.5 - 14 km WSW of Narsingdi, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. 2025-11-22.
4. "M 5.5 - 10 km ENE of Rāmganj, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
5. Correspondent, Staff (2023-08-14). "Mild earthquake jolts Dhaka". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2025-12-05.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
6. "Earthquake jolts Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh". The Business Standard. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
7. "Mild earthquake hits Bangladeshi capital, no casualties reported - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
8. "M 6.2 - 19 km SW of Hakha, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
9. "M 4.5 - 14 km ENE of Doh?r, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
10. "M 5.1 - 27 km S of Son?rgaon, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
11. "Earthquake - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
12. "M 4.8 - 13 km ENE of Mymensingh, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
13. "M 5.5 - 18 km ESE of Bandarban, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
14. "M 5.5 - 41 km W of Lunglei, India". earthquake.usgs.gov.
15. "M 4.3 - 34 km NE of Raoj?n, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
16. "M 5.7 - 44 km SE of Khagrachhari, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
17. "M 4.5 - 8 km NNE of Saidpur, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
18. "M 4.5 - 9 km SSW of Dhaka, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
19. "M 5.2 - 16 km NW of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
20. "M 6.1 - 42 km SW of Saiha, India". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 25 October 2021.
21. "M 5.8 - 49 km S of Sarankhola, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
22. "M 5.9 - 18 km SSW of Jahedpur, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
23. "M 6.9 - Chuchua, Netrokona, Bangladesh". United States Geological Survey. September 9, 1923. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
24. "M 7.2 - Maska, Netrokona, Bangladesh". United States Geological Survey. July 8, 1918. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
25. "(PDF) Revisiting Two Damaging Indian Earthquakes of 1885: Kashmir and Bengal". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
26. 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.