Origin time 11:23:07 UTC Depth 54 km (34 mi) Casualties 23 dead 200 injured | Magnitude 6.1 Mw Type Strike-slip | |
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Date 21 November 1997 (1997-11-21) |
The 1997 Chittagong earthquake (also known as the Bandarban earthquake) occurred on November 21 at 11:23 UTC in the Bangladesh-India-Myanmar border region. It had a magnitude of Mw 6.1. The epicenter was located in southern Mizoram, India. No fatalities were reported there, but 23 people were killed in Chittagong when a five story building collapsed in Bangladesh. The shaking could also be felt in Dhaka.
References
1997 Chittagong earthquake Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA