The death toll from Friday's 5.5-magnitude earthquake has risen to 10 and hundreds have been injured, disaster management official Istiq Ahmed told AFP.
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A low-magnitude earthquake struck Bangladesh on Saturday, a day after at least 10 people were killed in an earthquake near the capital Dhaka on Friday, the National Meteorological Forecasting Department said.
The death toll from Friday's 5.5-magnitude earthquake has risen to 10 and hundreds of others injured, disaster management official Istiq Ahmed told AFP.
The quake was felt in Dhaka and neighboring districts, causing widespread damage to infrastructure. The department's Toriful Newaz Kabir said several smaller aftershocks were also felt on Saturday in Palas town in Narsingdi district, 29 kilometers (15 miles) from Dhaka.
The department said Friday's quake was centered in Ashulia, north of the capital.
Aftershocks are common after major earthquakes, but they have raised fears of a bigger disaster in rural and urban areas of Bangladesh, where infrastructure is fragile.
A 44-year-old woman who lives near Friday's quake's epicenter told AFP she had never experienced an earthquake like this.
The government has activated Bangladesh's emergency services to assess the damage and coordinate relief and rescue efforts.
According to Rubayat Kabir of the Meteorological Department's Earthquake Observation and Research Center, the geography of Bangladesh, with a population of 170 million, is considered vulnerable to earthquakes.
