DHAKA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Bangladesh's capital Dhaka and other parts of the South Asian country on Friday afternoon, rattling nerves and causing panic.
Farzana Sultana, a meteorologist from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told Xinhua that the quake hit at about 1:52 p.m. local time, with its epicenter monitored in the country's Satkhira district, 188 km southwest of Agargaon Seismic Center in Dhaka.
People in various parts of Bangladesh, including Dhaka, took to social media to report the jolt.
Fire service officials in Dhaka said that, so far, they have not received any report of damage or casualties.
Bangladesh, which sits in the zone of earthquakes, is prone to tremors. ■