A mild earthquake has occurred at Brahmanbaria near Bangladesh-India borders with the tremors travelling to Dhaka.According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake's magnitude was measured at 4.3 on the Richter scale at 4:52pm on Friday.Its epicentre was traced 10km deep below the surface of the earth.The USGS said the origin of the quake was 23.2km east-northeast of Nabinagar in Brahmanbaria, 16km northwest of Agartala, India, 23.4km west-northwest of Raninagar in Tripura, and 38.4km southeast of Bajitpur in Kishoreganj.Meteorologist Rubayet Kabir of the Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre said the earthquake's source was traced to 105km east-northeast of the capital.On Mar 28, a catastrophic magnitude 7.7 earthquake wreaked havoc in Myanmar, its tremors rattling different parts of Bangladesh as well and causing more than 3,000 deaths in Myanmar alone.�"bdnews24.com

Source: bd News24 April 12, 2025 05:53 UTC