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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.
An earthquake struck along the border of northeast India and Bangladesh on Monday, sending tremors through the region, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The 5.5 magnitude quake was at a depth of 10 ...
Entire coast of Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) Cyclone 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone: Chittagong: 138,866: 1991: A cyclone hit the coastal islands and chars near Patuakhali, Barisal, Noakhali and Chittagong. Maximum wind speed reached 110 km/h. The storm surge was 1.9 metres. Industrial disaster 2013 Rana Plaza collapse: Dhaka: 1,134 [1] 24 ...
Earthquake July 2 1958 1,269 Typhoon Ida: Japan Tropical cyclone September 26 1959 5,098 Typhoon Vera: 1960 14,174 Severe Cyclonic Storm Ten: East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) October 31 1961 11,468 Cyclone Winnie: May 6 – 9 1962 50,935 Tropical Storm Harriet: Thailand, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) October 19 – 31 1963 22,000
Earthquakes in Bangladesh (12 P) F. Floods in Bangladesh (12 P) W. Weather events in Bangladesh (1 C, 5 P) ... 2017 Bangladesh landslides; E. 2010 Eastern Indian storm
List of earthquakes in Bangladesh; 0–9. 1762 Arakan earthquake; 1858 Prome earthquake; 1988 Myanmar–India earthquake; 2016 Chauk earthquake; 2016 Imphal earthquake;
The 1997 Chittagong earthquake (also known as the Bandarban earthquake) occurred on 21 November at 11:23 UTC in the Bangladesh-India-Myanmar border region. It had a magnitude of M w 6.1. The epicenter was located in southern Mizoram , India.
The Mw6.7 earthquake was caused by a strike slip fault in a plate boundary between the Indian and Eurasian plate along the Southern Asian region. The focal mechanism that resulted in the earthquake was the Indian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate at a speed of 48mm/yr. [2] The depth of the epicenter of the earthquake was determined to be 55 km by the USGS.