At least 30 people, including ready-made garment (RMG) workers, were injured while rushing out of buildings in Cumilla and Chandpur districts during an earthquake that jolted different parts of the country on Saturday morning.

In Cumilla, some 20 people, including 17 workers of an apparel factory, were injured in Chauddagram upazila when the quake hit the country.

Trinath Saha, officer-in-charge of Chauddagram police station, said the seventeen people were the workers of a garment factory located in the Mirswani area.

Three more people, including a student of a college, were also injured while coming out of buildings in separate places.

Most of the victims were given first aid while some were admitted to local hospitals.

In Chandpur, 10 people were injured while coming out from a multi-storeyed building during the earthquake in the district town this morning.

All of them received minor injuries, said sources at Chandpur District Hospital.

A moderate tremor jolted Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh at 9:35am.

The earthquake, measuring 5.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale, lasted for a few seconds, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.