An earthquake was felt in various parts of the country, including the capital, in the morning. The magnitude on the Richter scale was 7.1.
The earthquake occurred at 7:05 AM on Tuesday (January 7). Its epicenter was in China.
Farzana Sultana, an official from the Meteorological Department's Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, told the media that the earthquake was felt at 7:05 AM in various parts of the country, including the capital. The epicenter of the earthquake was 618 kilometers away from Dhaka, in a region of China. The tremor was felt in different areas of the country, including Dhaka.
In addition to Bangladesh, the earthquake was felt in Nepal, India, Bhutan, and China. According to Volcano Discovery, the epicenter was in Tibet.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter was in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China's Xizang. The depth of the earthquake's epicenter was 10 kilometers.
Previously, on January 3, an earthquake was felt in various parts of the country, including Dhaka and Sylhet.
