Bangladesh records aftershocks… and the death toll from the earthquake rises to 10

Hit Minor earthquakeBangladeshSaturday, according to the National Meteorological Authority, a day after a strong earthquake shook the suburbs of the capital, Dhaka, killing at least 10 people.

In an update on the toll of Friday’s earthquake, which reached a magnitude of 5.5, disaster management official Ishtiaq Ahmed told Agence France-Presse that: "The number of victims reached 10, while several hundred were injured"Meteorological Department The earthquake, which reached a magnitude of 3.3 degrees, was recorded on Saturday in the town of Palash, in the Narsingdi district, 29 kilometers from Dhaka, correcting what the center had previously stated that its epicenter was in Ashulia, directly north of the capital.

Cracks in houses

Kabir confirmed that the location of the epicenter of the earthquake had been modified after it became clear that there was "Error while analyzing data"Aftershocks are often recorded after major earthquakes, but now they have exacerbated fears of a greater disaster.

Shahnaj Pervin, 44, who lives near the epicenter of Friday’s earthquake, said that she had never witnessed such a tremor before, and added. "I don’t feel safe"Speaking about the appearance of cracks in dozens of homes in her area.

Pervin added "I was hanging my children’s clothes on the clothesline when the earthquake hit. I held on to a mahogany tree. When I got home, I found the glassware broken"

Emergency Operations Center

The government activated the Emergency Operations Center to assess the extent of the damage and coordinate relief and rescue operations.

Rupiyat Kabir, from the Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, said that the geographical composition of Bangladesh, with a population of 170 million people, makes it vulnerable to earthquakes.

He added "That’s why we see frequent earthquakes, although not as strong as an earthquake" Friday, he explained that "Bangladesh has not recorded a major earthquake in the past 100 years or more, but the country has been vulnerable to it for a long time".

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