Three earthquakes strike near Bangladesh within an hour

Three earthquakes were recorded in less than an hour near Bangladesh's eastern and northern border regions.

According to India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquakes occurred between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Bangladesh time on Monday (June 29), with epicenters in Manipur, the Arunachal Pradesh–Bhutan border, and Meghalaya.

The first earthquake struck Manipur at 4:12 a.m., registering a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was located at a depth of approximately 59 kilometers beneath the surface.

About five minutes later, at 4:17 a.m., a second earthquake measuring 3.0 occurred near the Arunachal Pradesh–Bhutan border. The quake originated at a shallow depth of about 7 kilometers.

The third earthquake was recorded at 5:05 a.m. in Meghalaya, north of Bangladesh's Sunamganj district. It measured 2.9 in magnitude and had a focal depth of approximately 10 kilometers.

Earlier, on Sunday night (June 28), a 4.4-magnitude earthquake was also felt in the Cox's Bazar–Myanmar border region.

The most recent earthquake originating within Bangladesh occurred on June 22 at 9:28 p.m. in Rupganj, Narayanganj. Measuring 4.0 in magnitude, the quake originated at a depth of 16 kilometers and was felt in Dhaka and surrounding areas.