[chottala.com] Earthquake

Tremors shake Dhaka, other parts Sat, Sep 11th, 2010 12:04 am BdST Dial 2000 from your GP mobile for latest news

Dhaka, Sep 10 (bdnews24.com)—Two moderate earthquakes, the second measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, jolted Dhaka and parts of Bangladesh in the space of half an hour on Friday night. According to the US Geological Survey, the epicentre of the earthquake was between Dhaka and Comilla (45 km south east of Dhaka and 50km west of Comilla). The Met Office in Dhaka said the first tremor was felt around 10:45pm and the second, which shook installations across Dhaka, at 11:25pm. Meteorologist Kamrul Hasan confirmed bdnews24.com of the quakes and said analysis was going on. Nizamuddin Ashraf, a 29-year old resident of Tikatuli, Old Dhaka, told bdnews24.com within minutes of the second quake that people had run out to the streets. "The utensils stuffed on top a rickety cupboard in the kitchen crashed on the floor." Another resident of Green Road said he was out chatting with friends at a tea stall as he habitually does on the eve of every Eid. "People started to come down to the streets frantically at first. But then they calmed soon and went back." Reports of tremors happening at 11:25pm were coming in from Gopalganj, Jhenaidah, Tongi, Narsinghdi and Chandpur. Superintendent of the Dhaka University's earth observatory Humayun Akhter said there were several tremors. "The first at 10.40pm measured 4, at 10. 41 it measured 3.5 and the third one at 11.25 measured 4.5 on the Richter scale according our calculations." bdnews24.com/sm/sit/lh/mhc/bd/ta/2345h WARNING: Any unauthorised use or reproduction of bdnews24.com content for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited and constitutes copyright infringement liable to legal action.

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