M 5.1 Earthquake - July 2003, Bangladesh

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 18/02/2007 - 22:33. Earthquakes

Start date: 27/07/2003

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Bangladesh

Lat/Long: 22.892000/92.331000

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On 27 July 2003 a Richter magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck the town of Barkal, a remote hill town in Rangamati, some 320 km from Dhaka. 20 people were injured and several buildings were partially damaged.

¹ Down to Earth. 2006. Bangladesh Twitchy
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20030915&filename=new...

Event overview table

No. Deaths
No. Injured	20
No. Affected
Houses destroyed
Houses damaged
Other damage
Economic cost

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