Dhaka, April 12 -- An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale jolted Dhaka and several other parts of Bangladesh on Friday afternoon, raising renewed concerns over the country's seismic vulnerability.
The tremor occurred within just 15 days of the powerful earthquakes that recently devastated parts of Myanmar and Thailand-regions that share the same seismic zone as Bangladesh.
According to the Earthquake Observation and Research Centre under the Meteorological Department, the epicentre was located near the Bangladesh-India border, close to Brahmanbaria and Habiganj.
Md Rubaiyyat Kabir, Acting Officer at the centre, confirmed that the moderate quake occurred at approximately 4:52pm.
Despite the absence of reported damage, experts s...