A light earthquake jolted Dhaka and other parts of the country at 4:53pm today (11 April).
According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the tremor was recorded at 4:53 pm with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale.
The epicentre was located near the Bangladesh-India border at latitude 24.05°N and longitude 91.37°E, about 105 kilometres east-northeast of the BMD Seismic Centre in Agargaon, Dhaka.
No damage or casualties were reported immediately after the quake.
