Four quakes hit Sylhet in an hour

Four successive earthquakes hit Sylhet on Saturday morning. But there were no reports of any casualty or damage to property, reports UNB.

The first quake hit at 10.37 am, followed by tremors at 10.51 am, 11.30 am and 11.34 am, officials said.

Chief meteorologist of the Sylhet Meteorological Office, Sayed Ahmad Chowdhury, said that the four quakes hit Sylhet within an hour.

Mominul Islam, seismic in-charge of the Dhaka Meteorological Office, said that the strongest of the quakes was of 4.1 magnitude in Richter scale and their epicenter was in Sylhet.

Kamrul Islam, a resident of Lalbazar area, said the quakes shook the nine-storey building he lives in. "I saw many people running out of their houses in panic."