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Moderate earthquake hits most areas

An elderly man, panicked at the moderate earthquake that shook most areas of the country early Sunday, died of a cardiac arrest. Many across the country were injured. The earthquake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale, according to the Met Office in Dhaka. The quake measured 5.2 on the Richter scale, according to the Dhaka University geology department, equipped with an earth observatory. Indian and US geological surveys measured earthquake at 4.9 on the scale.

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