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Country jolted awake by huge tremor Friday morning
Greenwatch Desk
Earthquake
2025-11-21, 12:03pm
An estimated 5.5 magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and some other parts of Bangladesh on Friday morning.
The tremor was felt around 10:38am and it lasted about a minute. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it happened at a depth of 10km below the surface - which is very shallow.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 7km from Ghorashal, according to earliest reports on the Android Earthquake Alerts System, which also said it was felt in India. USGS reported it as 14km from Narsingdi, reports UNB.