Earthquakes

Earthquakes

A graphic illustration about earthquakes, showing a red seismograph line and the word EARTHQUAKE as a collapsing city falling into a fissure in the ground.

Countries that experienced the most earthquakes in 2025

Based on the data as of 21 November 2025

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Understanding how tremors are measured: What scientists mean by a 5.7 or 3.7 earthquake

File Photo of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus: UNB

CA says govt closely monitoring earthquake aftermath, expresses grief over casualties

RMG workers in Gazipur rush to the streets as a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck the nation on 21 November 2025. Photo: TBS

Locked gates trap hundreds in Gazipur factories as 5.7 quake hits; over 200 workers injured in stampede

The sudden jolt prompted residents in many areas of Dhaka to rush outdoors in panic. Photo: BSS

Panic grips Bangladesh as 5.7 magnitude quake unleashes fright, hysteria

Houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Five years of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Magnitude 4 quake jolts Sylhet’s Sunamganj

A replica statue of Venus de Milo stands at a closed cafe on the island of Santorini, February 4. Santorini took its current shape following one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, around 1600 BC. The last eruption in the area occurred in 1950. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Greece declares state of emergency on Santorini following quakes

A recent study showed that a large earthquake could bring the risk of river flooding in Bangladesh. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

An earthquake changed Padma's course 2,500 years ago. Can it happen again?

There are 21 lakh buildings in the 1,500 square kilometres under Rajuk, six lakh of which are five-story and above. Around 30% of these six lakh buildings are vulnerable. Photo: TBS

An uptick in mild quakes. Are we on the precipice?

Deadliest Earthquakes of the 21st Century

Deadliest Earthquakes of the 21st Century

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Dutch to shut Europe's biggest gas field after quakes

Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Only 102 among thousands of Ctg high-rise buildings have environmental clearance