Bangladesh Earthquake Impact Analysis for November 2025

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred on November 21, 2025, 3km SE of Kaliganj, Bangladesh. The dataset, created by the WFP's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, provides geospatial and socio-economic impact analysis, including an estimated 11,224,382 people affected within a 50km radius. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling population exposure to seismic hazards based on the reported epicenter and impact radius.
• Prioritizing emergency response areas based on the estimated number of affected people.
• Conducting geospatial analysis of disaster events using the provided latitude and longitude coordinates.

Strengths

• Includes specific event details: magnitude 5.5, depth of 10.0 km, and precise epicenter coordinates (lat 23.8942, lon 90.5788).
• Provides a concrete impact estimate of 11,224,382 people within 50km.
• Produced by an operational humanitarian analysis system (WFP ADAM).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update was on 2026-05-21.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Automated collection, analysis, and mapping of geospatial and socio-economic information following sudden onset emergencies.

Time Range

Event date: November 21, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:08:55.916247

Geography

Epicenter near Kaliganj, Bangladesh; impact analysis within a 50km radius.