Mild earthquake rocks Dhaka after originating at Brahmanbaria near Bangladesh-India border

Mild earthquake rocks Dhaka after originating at Brahmanbaria near Bangladesh-India border

The epicentre of the earthquake has been traced 23.2km east-northeast of Nabinagar in Brahmanbaria

4.0-magnitude quake hits capital, border areas - The New Nation

Staff Reporter : An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale jolted Dhaka and several other parts of Bangladesh on Friday afternoon, raising renewed concerns over the country’s seismic vulnerability. The tremor occurred within just 15 days of the powerful earthquakes that recently devastated parts of Myanmar and Thailand-regions that share the same seismic zone as Bangladesh. According to the Earthquake Observation and Research Centre under…

Earthquake jolts Dhaka, some other parts of country

An earthquake jolted Dhaka and some other areas of the country on Friday afternoon. The epicentre of the quake was near the Bangladesh-India border close to Brahmanbaria and Habiganj districts, Md Rubaiyat Kabir, acting officer at the earthquake observation and research centre of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told Prothom Alo.