Dhaka, Nov 26 (UNI) A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Bangladesh in the early hours of Friday. Tremors were felt in Dhaka, Chattogram, Noakhali, Bandarban, Khulna, Sylhet and other cities of Bangladesh at 5.45 a.m.
According to the Meteorological Department of Bangladesh the epicentre of the earthquake lay 347 km south east of Dhaka. The Met department categorised it as a moderate scale earthquake.
However, according to the National Centre for Seismology, India the earthquake was measured at 6.1 on the Richter scale at a depth of 12 kms and its epicentre was 140 kms away from Aizawl. The shallow earthquake hit the Myanmar-India border region.