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A 5.9 magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and some other parts of the country on Sunday afternoon.

The tremor was felt around 5:14pm and it lasted for a few seconds.


The epicentre of the earthquake was 14 kilometre east of Udalguri, India, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was at a depth of 10km, it said.