M 5.3 in Bangladesh on 27 Feb 2026 07:52 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 1526507
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000025-BGD
Depth: 9.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.4513 , 89.1394
Event Date: 27 Feb 2026 07:52 UTC
27 Feb 2026 13:52 Local
Exposed Population: 60 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2026 08:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bangladesh)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bangladesh= 5.4; India= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.4 1.4
us7000s0pc Scaled population (raster) 3.65  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.98  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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