An earthquake was felt in Dhaka and several parts of Bangladesh on Sunday afternoon, causing brief alarm among residents.

According to the Meteorological Department, the tremor struck at around 5:11pm, with its epicentre located in India’s Assam state, about 380 kilometres from Dhaka.

It added that the quake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale at the source. The epicentre was situated between Assam’s capital Guwahati and the Himalayan foothills.

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