Earthquake of magnitude 2.9 hits Bangladesh

ANI
16 Apr 2025, 07:02 GMT+10

Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 16 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 2.9 has struck Bangladesh, as reported by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).

The earthquake occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning at 05:07 AM Indian Standard Time (IST).

Sharing the details in a post on X, the NCS said that the earthquake occurred at latitude 24.89 N and longitude 91.16 E.

As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 kilometres.

'EQ of M: 2.9, On: 16/04/2025 05:07:16 IST, Lat: 24.89 N, Long: 91.16 E, Depth: 14 Km, Location: Bangladesh', NCS wrote on X.

As per the website of NCS, previously an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 had occured on April 11 in Bangladesh at a depth of 10 kilometres. (ANI)

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