September 10, 2010 Earthquake: Narayanganj, Bangladesh
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Narayanganj, Bangladesh on September 10, 2010 at 17:24:16 UTC, 10 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
- September 10, 2010
- Time
- 17:24:16 UTC
- Place
- Narayanganj, Bangladesh
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 23.407° N, 90.648° E
- Country
- Bangladesh
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
Slight damage (V) at Narayanganj. Felt (IV)
at Dhaka and Gazipur and (II) at Rangpur. Felt in much
of Bangladesh. Felt (II) at Calcutta, India. Also felt
at Agartala, North Dumdum and Shiliguri. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 14, 1885, Bangladesh
- September 9, 1923, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
- March 18, 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- November 21, 2025, Dhaka, Narsingdi, Bangladesh
- January 3, 2017, Ambasa, Bangladesh, India
- February 6, 1988, Tipura-Assam, Sylhet, India, Bangladesh
- July 26, 2003, Rangamati, Bangladesh
- June 12, 1989, Banaripara, Bangladesh
- December 19, 2001, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- July 8, 1918, Srimangal, Bangladesh
- June 30, 1868, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- November 11, 1842, Bangladesh
- January 12, 2008, Rangamati, Bangladesh, India-Bangladesh
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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 9775.