[4] In Chittagong, it was reported that no buildings or walls built of brick had escaped either destruction or serious damage.
The East India Company's factory inside the fort was so badly damaged that it could no longer be safely used.
[8] An area of about 60 square miles (160 km2) permanently subsided beneath the sea along the coast near Chittagong.
At Bar Chara, just north of Cox's Bazar, the land sank and 200 people were killed.
Chittagong was said to have "suffered severely" with soil liquefaction effects such as sand volcanoes and ground fissures.