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| The yellow star marks the epicentre of the earthquake that struck the area in the early morning of January 4, 2016 |
Map courtesy: accuWeather.com/
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake, hitting Imphal of Manipur State in India in the early morning of January 4, created panic and rush in different parts of Bangladesh as well. One youngman in Dhaka died of cardiac arrest and 29 others were rushed to hospitals. Strong tremors of the earthquake were also felt in West Bengal and Myanmar.
The Meterological Department of India said that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 kilometres (about 10 miles) underground.
For more details, please click on the following:
- 6.7 strong pre-dawn earthquake shakes Bangladesh, spreads panic (bdnews24.com)
- Earthquake panic rush leads to one death in Dhaka, many injured (bdnews24.com)
- At least 32 injured in earthquake panic rush in Sylhet (bdnews24.com)
- How strong was the earthquake in Bangladesh? (The Dhaka Tribune)
- Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits near India-Myanmar-Bangladesh border (ABC, Australia)
- Earthquake hits India's Manipur state (BBC, U.K.)
- Powerful earthquake leaves at least 6 dead, 79 injured in India (accuWeather.com)
- Recent Earthquakes Near Dhaka, Bangladesh (earthquaketrack.com)
- Earthquake Risk in Bangladesh (American Museum of Natural History)
- 'Dhaka is one of the riskiest cities for earthquakes in the world' (The Daily Star, Dhaka)
- Bangladesh: Dhaka ill-prepared for quakes (IRIN Asia)
- Live Earthquake Videos from Bangladesh and India (January 4, 2016)
- Video on 6.8 Earthquake in Imphal, India, felt in Dhaka, Bangladesh (January 4, 2016)
- Video on Earthquake India 2016: Earthquake Hits Imphal, Manipur and Bangladesh (January 4, 2016)
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