At least three killed as magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits Bangladesh
Al Jazeera
Several others injured as buildings in the capital swayed in the earthquake, sending panicked residents into streets.
A powerful earthquake has struck Bangladesh outside the crowded capital of Dhaka, killing at least three people, according to health officials.
Dhaka-based DBC Television reported a higher death toll of at least six people on Friday in the capital, three from the collapse of a building roof and a wall, and three pedestrians when building railings fell on them.
The magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck at 10:38am (04:38 GMT) near the city of Narsingdi, about 33km (16 miles) from Dhaka, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The earthquake terrified residents, with many in the Muslim-majority nation of 170 million people at home on their day off.
One Dhaka resident said, “I’ve never felt an earthquake like this before, never in my life, this was the first time. I was sleeping and all of a sudden, I felt the whole building shaking and then we all came down.”
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