
People in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka and elsewhere got panicked by an earthquake which jolted neighboring Myanmar and parts of the region Tuesday morning.
A meteorologist of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) told Chinese news agency (Xinhua) that the epicenter of the earthquake of 5.3 magnitude was located in Myanmar and the distance of the epicenter was 409 km east from Dhaka.
Police and fire officials said there had been no reports of big damage so far. Bangladesh, which sits on the zone of earthquake, is prone to tremors and experts have predicted a major earthquake in the near future.
The Earthquake Disaster Risk Index of Stanford University ranks Bangladesh's capital Dhaka among the 20 cities most vulnerable to earthquakes in the world.
Source: QNA
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