DHAKA, Bangladesh: A low-magnitude tremor hit Bangladesh on Saturday, the national meteorological service said, a day after a powerful earthquake struck outside the capital Dhaka and killed at least 10 people.
Updating earlier tolls from Friday’s 5.5-magnitude quake, disaster management official Ishtiaqe Ahmed told AFP that “the number of casualties has reached 10, while a few hundreds were injured.”
The first earthquake was felt in Dhaka and neighboring districts, causing widespread destruction.
Toriful Newaz Kabir of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said Saturday’s 3.3 magnitude jolt was recorded in the town of Palash, Narsingdi district, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Dhaka.
The met office had earlier said its epicenter was in Ashulia, just north of the capital.
