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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said that Bangladesh was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on Friday morning.

The depth of the earthquake was 35 km (21.75 miles). The body that tracks earthquakes has also heard from people in Dhaka who have seen damage to property

#Earthquake possibly felt 29 sec ago in #Bangladesh. Felt it? Tell us via:
📱https://t.co/LBaVNedgF9
🌐https://t.co/AXvOM7I4Th
🖥https://t.co/wPtMW5ND1t
⚠ Automatic crowdsourced detection, not seismically verified yet. More info soon! pic.twitter.com/FFRrIMY8Le

— EMSC (@LastQuake) May 4, 2023

But the EMSC said that it was “Automatic crowdsourced detection that has not yet been verified seismically.” I will find out more about the earthquake and the damage it caused.