July 8, 1918 Earthquake: Srimangal, Bangladesh
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Srimangal, Bangladesh on July 8, 1918 at 10:22:07 UTC, 60 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- July 8, 1918
- Time
- 10:22:07 UTC
- Place
- Srimangal, Bangladesh
- Magnitude
- 7.6 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 60 km (37 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 24.500° N, 91.000° E
- Country
- Bangladesh
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
July 8, 1918, 10:22:07 UTC, 24.5 N, 91.0 E, shallow depth, magnitude 7.6. (reference #88)
July 8, 1918, Srimangal, Assam, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which would destroy towns or devastate districts: the acceleration of the ground in these cases exceeds 5 feet per sec per sec. (reference #1216)
July 8, 1918, 24.5 N, 91 E, magnitude 7.6, Srimangal, Assam. Many tea estates ruined, 3.5 miles south of Srimangal on an alluvial tract. Felt over an area of 800,000 sq miles. Sympathetic shocks off the Madras and Arakan coasts. Relevelling suggested that the earthquake was due to subsidence along the southern side of the normal fault cutting the rock, below the alluvium. (reference #1100)
July 8, 1918, 26.5 N, 92 E, Gauhati, Assam-India. (reference #1212)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- June 12, 1897, Assam, Bangladesh, India
- July 14, 1885, Bangladesh
- September 9, 1923, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
- March 18, 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- December 30, 1984, Assam, Cachar District, India
- November 21, 2025, Dhaka, Narsingdi, Bangladesh
- January 3, 2017, Ambasa, Bangladesh, India
- February 6, 1988, Tipura-Assam, Sylhet, India, Bangladesh
- January 10, 1869, Cachar,silchar, Assam, India
- June 30, 1868, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- December 19, 2001, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- September 10, 2010, Narayanganj, Bangladesh
- July 2, 1930, Dhubri,assam, Bangladesh
- February 15, 2005, Khaspur, India
- December 9, 2004, Hailakandi, Cachar, India
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 3115.