(Reuters) -A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Bangladesh on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, hitting at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Tremors were also felt in eastern states in neighbouring India that border Bangladesh, but there were no immediate reports of damage, authorities said.
The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake’s epicenter was in the city of Narsingdi, about 40 km (25 miles) from Dhaka, the capital.
Scared residents rushed out of their homes in Dhaka as buildings shook and some makeshift structures collapsed, Reuters witnesses said.
(Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru, Ruma Paul in Dhaka and Tora Aggarwala; Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
