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An earthquake shook the capital and nearby areas at 9:28pm
on Monday night.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) categorised
the 4.0-magnitude tremor as “light.”
The epicenter was in Rupganj, Narayanganj, 16 kilometres
away from the BMD Seismic Centre in Agargaon, Dhaka, said Farzana Sultana,
assistant meteorologist at BMD.
The tremor was the latest in a series of quakes since
November last year that originated inside the country in a break from modern historical
trends.
As such, Monday’s “light” tremor was felt stronger than most previous earthquakes with greater magnitudes, and foreign epicentres.
Although no
casualties or major damage were reported immediately, many people became
alarmed after feeling the tremors.
Residents
of several high-rise buildings in the capital came out of their apartments and
moved to open and safer areas following the quake.
On 21 November last year, a deadly earthquake erupted in
Narsingdi, becoming potentially the first in recent history to originate inside
the country. Since then, a number of aftershocks and quakes have erupted inside
the country including the capital.