Dhaka, Sep 18 (bdnews24.com)—Cracks have developed in at least two multi-story buildings in capital Dhaka in the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that shook Bangladesh and parts of India Sunday evening.
An 11-storey building at Jhigatala cracked, a Fire Service official said
Fire Service officials said they heard about the crack in Geneta Plaza, the building near Jhigatala, after the quake that jolted the country for about 10 to 15 seconds around 6:42pm BdST. The quake was initially measured 6.8 on the Richter scale before being revised upwards by the US Geological Survey.
Assistant commissioner of police Asaduzzaman told bdnews24.com that they had been informed that a part of a roof of a 16-storey under-construction building at Chamelibagh collapsed.
He, however, said no-one was injured.
Rumours spread that a five-storey building at Mohakhali had tilted as many gathered around the building.
But, owner Awaal Chowdhury told bdnews24.com that his building had not been damaged by the quake.
A 14-year-old girl was injured while the residents of a building at Lalbagh rushed out in the open for safety. The girl, 'Nasrin', was given first aid at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
bdnews24.com received phone calls that several buildings had tilted in Dhaka but there have been no reports of casualties so far.
The severe tremor that had its epicentre in Sikkim also panicked people out of their homes. Sudipta Das, an IT professional in Sylhet, said he felt it. "The water bucket was rocking in bathroom... I felt a little bit scared."
The epicentre was 495 kilometres away from Dhaka, 68 kilometres north-west of Gangtok, Sikkim, India, 119 km north north-west of Shiliguri, West Bengal, according to the US Geological Survey.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a destructive tsunami was not generated based on earthquake and historical tsunami data. "This earthquake is located too far inland to generate a tsunami in the Indian Ocean."
"Cracks have developed in some buildings in Gangtok. Most phone lines are down and there is no electricity now. People have come out on the street," Gangtok resident Bobby Dahal told Reuters news agency.
"It is too early to ascertain any damage. We are trying to get in touch with the state government of Sikkim to know if they need any help from us," Sujata Saunail, joint secretary of he National Disaster Management Authority, told Reuters.
Prodip Chandra Roy, a resident of Shiliguri, told bdnews24.com that glasses of shops and houses in Matigra broke during the tremor. Power and telephone poles in some areas also fell down, he added.
Quoting one of his brothers living in Sikkim, bdnews24.com news editor Nirmal Anshu Ranjan from New Delhi said people in the Indian state ran out of their houses and stayed on streets or fields for long.
A journalist from Kolkata said no damages were reported. bdnews24.com blog editor Koushik Ahmed from Kanpur said the condition was normal.
Sikkim is India's least populous state, located in the Himalayas between Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.
An 11-storey building at Jhigatala cracked, a Fire Service official said
Fire Service officials said they heard about the crack in Geneta Plaza, the building near Jhigatala, after the quake that jolted the country for about 10 to 15 seconds around 6:42pm BdST. The quake was initially measured 6.8 on the Richter scale before being revised upwards by the US Geological Survey.
Assistant commissioner of police Asaduzzaman told bdnews24.com that they had been informed that a part of a roof of a 16-storey under-construction building at Chamelibagh collapsed.
He, however, said no-one was injured.
Rumours spread that a five-storey building at Mohakhali had tilted as many gathered around the building.
But, owner Awaal Chowdhury told bdnews24.com that his building had not been damaged by the quake.
A 14-year-old girl was injured while the residents of a building at Lalbagh rushed out in the open for safety. The girl, 'Nasrin', was given first aid at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
bdnews24.com received phone calls that several buildings had tilted in Dhaka but there have been no reports of casualties so far.
The severe tremor that had its epicentre in Sikkim also panicked people out of their homes. Sudipta Das, an IT professional in Sylhet, said he felt it. "The water bucket was rocking in bathroom... I felt a little bit scared."
The epicentre was 495 kilometres away from Dhaka, 68 kilometres north-west of Gangtok, Sikkim, India, 119 km north north-west of Shiliguri, West Bengal, according to the US Geological Survey.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a destructive tsunami was not generated based on earthquake and historical tsunami data. "This earthquake is located too far inland to generate a tsunami in the Indian Ocean."
"Cracks have developed in some buildings in Gangtok. Most phone lines are down and there is no electricity now. People have come out on the street," Gangtok resident Bobby Dahal told Reuters news agency.
"It is too early to ascertain any damage. We are trying to get in touch with the state government of Sikkim to know if they need any help from us," Sujata Saunail, joint secretary of he National Disaster Management Authority, told Reuters.
Prodip Chandra Roy, a resident of Shiliguri, told bdnews24.com that glasses of shops and houses in Matigra broke during the tremor. Power and telephone poles in some areas also fell down, he added.
Quoting one of his brothers living in Sikkim, bdnews24.com news editor Nirmal Anshu Ranjan from New Delhi said people in the Indian state ran out of their houses and stayed on streets or fields for long.
A journalist from Kolkata said no damages were reported. bdnews24.com blog editor Koushik Ahmed from Kanpur said the condition was normal.
Sikkim is India's least populous state, located in the Himalayas between Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.
(Source : bdnews24.com, Dhaka)
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