Earthquake: A 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Bangladesh on Friday. There are no reports of injuries, so far.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department said the epicentre of the quake was in Silchar, Assam. Silchar is northeast of Bangladesh and 13 kilometres from Sylhet.
It was raining when Sylhet’s residents felt the tremor. Eyewitnesses said they saw residents of a 12-storey building evacuate their homes as soon as the earthquake shook the city.
Dhaka Tribune quoted MahfuzAlam as saying there were no reports of damage in the Golapganj area. However, relatives of the residents of this area were calling to check their well-being.
Lutfur Rehman of Sylhet Meteorological Department said it was raining when the earthquake happened near Sylhet. The local weather office measured 134 mm of rain in the city.
The first seismic event in Bangladesh in weeks
Dhaka Tribune reports that the Friday quake was the first seismic event in Bangladesh in recent weeks.
On May 5, residents in Dhaka woke up early to find that the city was experiencing a 4.3-intensity earthquake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicentre of the quake lay 23 kilometres from the capital in Munshiganj.
Last December and May, Bangladesh experienced earthquakes with intensities of 5.2 and 4, respectively.
India says the epicentre was in Bangladesh
India’s National Centre of Seismology says the epicentre of Friday’s earthquake Lay in Bangladesh. There was no immediate news of any loss or injury.
On June 11, another earthquake hit Assam in India. Its magnitude was 3.2.
According to information available from the National Disaster Management Authority, Guwahati in Assam is prone to severe earthquakes. The reason is that in this area, the Asian plate moves against the eastern flank of the Indian plate.
Plates are the outer coverings of the Earth’s crust. Earthquakes happen when these plates move relative to each other.
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