A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Chhātak in Bangladesh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:19:33 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 91.7482 East, latitude 25.124 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rh35. Id of event: us6000rh35. Global time and date of event 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 06:19:33 / September 21, 2025 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailāshahar, Badarpur, Habiganj (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Sylhet (c. 237 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Shillong (c. 132 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Habiganj (c. 88 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Maulavi Bāzār (c. 57 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Karīmganj (c. 55 300 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Chhātak (c. 39 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NE of Chhātak, Bangladesh. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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