4.1-magnitude earthquake hits Bangladesh; no casualties reported

A light earthquake of magnitude 4.1 shook Bangladesh early Thursday (December 4, 2025), with tremors felt within the capital Dhaka and neighbouring districts.

The quake hit at 6.14 a.m. native time, with the epicentre situated at a depth of 30 km in Narsingdi, information portal tbsnews.web reported, quoting the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

There have been no stories of harm or casualties.

Given the quake’s shallow depth, residents in Dhaka and surrounding districts felt solely a lightweight tremor, the report mentioned.

Bangladesh faces a excessive danger of main earthquakes because it lies on the junction of three tectonic plates — the Indian, Myanmar and Eurasian plates, based on The Every day Star newspaper.

Final month, a stronger 5.7-magnitude quake induced 10 deaths and important injury, largely in central elements of the nation together with Dhaka and Narsingdi.

Dhaka is taken into account one of many world’s 20 most earthquake-vulnerable cities with its very dense inhabitants and large variety of dilapidated buildings, a lot of them being in outdated a part of the capital.

The area has a protracted historical past of highly effective earthquakes, with 5 main tremors between 1869 and 1930 measuring above 7.