A moderate earthquake was felt in Sylhet and several other parts of the country early Monday. The tremor, which lasted a few seconds, was felt around 4:47am on January 5. The earthquake measured 5.2 on the Richter scale.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the earthquake was in the Dhing area of Assam, India, and it originated at a depth of 35 kilometres.
Soon after the tremor, many people took to social media platform Facebook, reporting that shaking was felt in Sylhet city and its surrounding areas.
Earlier, on December 10 last year, two earthquakes were felt in Sylhet within a span of just five minutes. The first tremor occurred at 2:20:31am, followed by a second at 2:25:14am.