A mild earthquake jolts Dhaka city about 20 minutes ago (it's now 1:09 am, Sunday, July 27, 2008 Banladesh time).
So far there is no report of any casualties. It's also felt from the surrounding districts of Dhaka.
We need to get prepared for earthquake disaster. There are a lot of old buildings in Dhaka city which are highly vulnerable to earthquake attack. Those are mostly brick built structures.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Mild Earthquake in Dhaka city
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I was working on my computer and I was about to fell from my chair, it was huge, some of my neighbours came out of their house, so this is not mild earthquake.
Let's see tomorrow's news how much intense it was.
it was a 5.6 scale earthquake as reported by dhaka weather department and 20 people were injured. a dhaka university student broke his leg after jumping out of his dorm builing because he was in such a panic attack... ehahheeh wat an idiot.. ehahehe sorry sarcasm... i almost fell out of my chair aswell and just ran to and stood in between my door beam... dhaka is in for a big surprise guyz.. even a earthquake that lasts for a min can cause destruction in dhaka...
Earthquake of approximate 4.5* (Actually 5.6)** on the Richter scale, struck Bangladesh on Sunday 27 July 2008 at approximate 00:56:09 Hour BDT (+6 GMT). But no damage or casualty was immediately reported. The tremor lasted for approximate 8 seconds.
I didn't get the epicenter of this earthquake for lack of equipments. More...
Now it's time for us to get prepare to face earthquake disaster. There was a wrong belief that Bangladesh is in the earthquake risk free zone. But the truth is that the major part of Bangladesh including the capital city Dhaka (except south-western zone) is vulnerable to earthquake disaster.
Sylhet is in high risk zone. Unfortunately a lot of brick structures are still being built in Sylhet zone.
We must design our structures to resist earthquake as much as possible.
There was a wrong belief that Bangladesh is in the earthquake risk free zone. But the truth is that the major part of Bangladesh including the capital city Dhaka (except south-western zone) is vulnerable to earthquake disaster.Sylhet is in high risk zone.
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