List of earthquakes in Bangladesh

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Earthquakes in Bangladesh are frequent and often cause damage. The earthquakes occur due to a convergent boundary between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

Earthquakes

DateRegion Mag. MMI DeathsInjuriesCommentsRef
2023-12-02 Chittagong 5.5 Mw VI0200+Minor damage [1]
2021-11-26 Chittagong 6.2 Mw VIII05Slight damage [2]
2012-03-18 Dhaka 4.5 Mw VI00 [3]
2010-09-10 Chittagong 5.1 Mw VII00Slight damage [4]
2008-07-26 Dhaka 4.8 Mw VI025 [5]
2007-11-07 Chittagong 5.5 Mw VI010Minor damage [6]
2003-07-275.5 mb VI00Additional damage [7]
4.3 mb IV00Additional damage [8]
2003-07-265.7 Mw VII225Moderate damage [9]
2002-06-20 Rangpur 4.5 Mw V055Minor damage [10]
2001-12-19 Dhaka 4.5 Mw VI0100Minor damage [11]
1999-07-22 Maheshkhali Island 5.2 Mw VI6200+Moderate damage [12]
1997-11-21 Chittagong 6.1 Mw V23200Minor damage [13]
1989-06-12 Khulna 5.8 Mw VIII1100Minor damage [14]
1988-02-06 Sylhet 5.9 Mw VII2100Moderate damage [15]
1918-07-08 Kishoreganj 7.2 Mw VIIIUnknownUnknownSome damage [16]
1762-04-02 Rakhine 8.8 Mw XI200+0 [17]
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.

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Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of the greatest disasters in human history. Below, earthquakes are listed by period, region or country, year, magnitude, cost, fatalities, and number of scientific studies.

The 1988 Myanmar–India earthquake, also known as the Indo–Burma earthquake struck the Sagaing Region of Myanmar, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the border with India on 6 August at 7:06 am MMT with a moment magnitude (Mw ) of 7.3 or Richter magnitude (ML ) of 7.5. At least five people were killed, more than 30 were injured, and another 30 were missing as a result. Serious damage was reported in India and Bangladesh, while some minor damage occurred in Myanmar. The earthquake was reportedly felt in the Soviet Union.

References

  1. ↑ "M 5.5 - 10 km ENE of Rāmganj, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "M 6.2 - 19 km SW of Hakha, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "M 4.5 - 14 km ENE of Doh?r, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ "M 5.1 - 27 km S of Son?rgaon, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  5. ↑ "M 4.8 - 13 km ENE of Mymensingh, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  6. ↑ "M 5.5 - 18 km ESE of Bandarban, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  7. ↑ "M 5.5 - 41 km W of Lunglei, India". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  8. ↑ "M 4.3 - 34 km NE of Raoj?n, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  9. ↑ "M 5.7 - 44 km SE of Khagrachhari, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  10. ↑ "M 4.5 - 8 km NNE of Saidpur, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  11. ↑ "M 4.5 - 9 km SSW of Dhaka, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  12. ↑ "M 5.2 - 16 km NW of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  13. ↑ "M 6.1 - 42 km SW of Saiha, India". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "M 5.8 - 49 km S of Sarankhola, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  15. ↑ "M 5.9 - 18 km SSW of Jahedpur, Bangladesh". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  16. ↑ "M 7.2 - Bangladesh". United States Geological Survey. July 8, 1918. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  17. ↑ 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.


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