Tremor jolts Bangladesh

Last updated: September 21, 2009


Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)
- A tremor was felt in different districts including Dhaka, Sylhet and Netrakona of the country at 3:53:03 pm (local time) on Monday.

“Magnitude of the tremor was 6.4. The epicenter of the tremor was 462 kilometer away from Dhaka Seismic Centre on north-northeastern of the Bhutan-China border," Meteorologist Rasheduzzman told BBN in Dhaka.

The last quake to shake Bangladesh was felt in the capital, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet on September 4, 2009. The magnitude 6 quake was cantered at the Indo-Burma border, east of Bangladesh.

BBN/SS/SI/AD-21September09-5:23 pm (BST) 

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