Dhaka, Nov. 22 -- A powerful earthquake in recent memory rattled the entire country on Friday as a 5.7-magnitude quake shook Dhaka and several districts, killing at least ten people, including a newborn, and injuring hundreds.
The jolt struck at 10:38am, sending residents running into the streets as buildings swayed, cracked, or in some cases tilted.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said the epicentre was in Madhabdi, Narsingdi, about 24 kilometres east of Dhaka's Agargaon seismic station, while the US Geological Survey put the magnitude slightly lower at 5.5 and located the epicentre 14 kilometres west-southwest of Narsingdi, with experts noting that the quake likely originated at a shallow depth of 10 to 12 kilometres, which exp...