M 5.4 in Bangladesh on 21 Nov 2025 04:38 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1511252
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 27 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8079 , 90.6489
Event Date: 21 Nov 2025 04:38 UTC
21 Nov 2025 10:38 Local
Exposed Population: 220 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 25 Nov 2025 22:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bangladesh)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.6 1.6
us6000rpht Scaled population (raster) 4.16  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
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Bangladesh - Earthquake (ECHO 26 Nov 2025)Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:35

  • An earthquake of 5.5 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in Narsingdi district, on 21 November at 04:38 (UTC, 10:38 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 3 km south-east of Kaliganj Upazila and 20 km northeast of the capital, Dhaka.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 194,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking, 5,4 million to strong shaking.
  • According to media, as of 21 November, six people died and dozens have been injured with several damaged buildings. The earthquake was felt in Kolkata, the neighbouring state of West Bengal, India.
M5.5 in Bangladesh - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 21 Nov 2025 17:22

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Bangladesh - Earthquake, update (ECHO 29 Nov 2025)Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:19

  • The death toll due to the 5.5 M earthquake at a depth of 10 km, which occurred on 21 November at 4:38 UTC (10:38 local time) and affected central Bangladesh, 20 km northeast of the capital, Dhaka, is still increasing.
  • As of 24 November, media reports ten fatalities, of which four are in Narsingdi district, three in Dhaka city, and one in Narayangonj district, according to UN OCHA. The same source reports that 507 people were injured across Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, and Narayanganj, and several buildings collapsed or were damaged.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),