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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Bangladesh - Earthquake (ECHO 07 Mar 2026)Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:48

  • On?27?February at?07:52?UTC (13:52 local time), a?5.3?M earthquake at a depth of?36.9?km struck south-western Bangladesh. The epicentre was located about?10?km southwest of Assasuni Upazila in the Khulna Division, roughly?80?km east-southeast of Kolkata, India.
  • USGS PAGER estimates indicate that?106?000?people were exposed to very strong shaking and?1.09?million?people to strong shaking.
  • According to media reports, the event was felt over several areas of Bangladesh and in Kolkata and adjoining areas in West Bengal (India) but no casualties or significant damage to buildings have been recorded.

Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),