Mild earthquake felt in parts of country

A mild earthquake was felt in different parts of the country on Sunday night after a tremor struck the Bangladesh-Myanmar border region.

The earthquake occurred at 9:53pm and measured 4.1 on the Richter scale.

No casualties or damage were immediately reported.

Assistant Meteorologist Farzana Sultana said the epicentre was located along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, about 334 kilometres southeast of the Earthquake Observation and Research Centre in Dhaka.

She said the tremor was classified as a light earthquake. Its epicentre was recorded at 21.57 degrees north latitude and 92.59 degrees east longitude.

Earlier, on 7 June, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake was felt in Dhaka and other parts of the country shortly after 11:30pm. The epicentre of that quake was located about seven kilometres from Punakha in neighbouring Bhutan.