June 12, 1989 Earthquake: Banaripara, Bangladesh
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Banaripara, Bangladesh on June 12, 1989 at 00:04:09 UTC, 6 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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
- June 12, 1989
- Time
- 00:04:09 UTC
- Place
- Banaripara, Bangladesh
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 6 km (4 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 21.861° N, 89.763° E
- Country
- Bangladesh
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 5201.