Dhaka, April 13 -- Four earthquakes rattled parts of India, Myanmar, and Tajikistan on Sunday morning within the span of an hour, triggering panic across Central and South Asia.

From Himalayan towns to Central Asian settlements, residents were seen fleeing buildings as tremors shook the region, underscoring the area's seismic volatility.

The first tremor struck at 9:00 am local time in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, with a magnitude of 3.4, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) confirmed. The quake, which occurred at a shallow depth of 5 kilometres and was centred at latitude 31.49degN and longitude 76.94degE, caused brief alarm.

Although minor in scale, the shaking was noticeable enough to send residents rushing outdoors, follo...