An earthquake has jolted Bangladesh early on Thursday morning.
Rubaiyat Kabir, an official at the Seismic Monitoring Centre of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), said the quake struck at 6:14:45am on Thursday.
He told bdnews24.com that the epicentre of the quake was at Narsingdi's Shibpur, 38km northeast of Dhaka. It was a mild tremor measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale. European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the epicentre was situated 3 kilometre north of Narsingdi.
Another earthquake had struck at 4:15pm on Nov 27 with its epicentre in Narsingdi's Ghorashal. It registered at magnitude 4 on the Richter scale.
Last Monday, another jolt occurred at Myanmar's Falam which was felt in Bangladesh's Chattogram region. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck at 12:55am Bangladesh time and registered a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale.
Before that, a deadly earthquake - the strongest in several decades - had shaken Bangladesh on Nov 21. At least 10 people were killed in three districts and more than 600 people were injured. "bdnews24.com
