Tremor jolts country twice within 3 hrs


FE Team | Published: August 17, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00


Tremors jolted the country twice within three hours Thursday morning. A minor earthquake, measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale, jolted the country at about 02 hours 33 minutes 19 seconds (BST). The epicentre of the tremor was about 171.6 kms from Agargaon, Dhaka Seismic Observatory, 203 kms from Ambagan, Chittagong Seismic Observatory and 81 kms from Sylhet Seismic Observatory. Another light earthquake, measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale, occurred at about 05 hours 59 minutes 41 seconds (BST). -- UNB

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