Bangladesh Earthquak

Earthquake rattles Bangladesh again

Last updated: April 26, 2015

Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-A mild tremor jolted different parts of Bangladesh again on Sunday, one day after a 7.8 earthquake created havoc in Nepal killing nearly 2,000 people and sending shockwaves to neighbouring Bangladesh, India and China.
Like Sunday, panic stricken people came out of their residences, offices and shopping malls have a safe place as they were haunted by the devastation of the Nepal quake.
However, no news of casualties or damages were reported till filing of the reports at 1:20pm.
The earthquake was felt at 13:09:08pm Sunday.
The magnitude of the earthquake was 6.7, said US Geological Survey.
The epicenter of the quake was 17km south of Kodari in Nepal, the USGS added
NDTV reports: Fresh tremors were felt in Delhi and other parts of north India on Sunday, a day after earthquake of 7.9 magnitude on Richter scale struck Nepal, killing more than 1900 people and leading to widespread devastation.
According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), the tremors measured 6.7 on the Richter scale; the epicentre of today's earthquake was 80 km east of Nepal's capital Kathmandu, according to European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
Apart from Delhi, tremors were also felt in Lucknow.

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