Photo: USGS
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake was reported in Bangladesh on Friday (November 21), according to the United States Geological Survey.
At least five people, including a child were killed and about 100 others were injured in relation to the earthquake, which resulted in many buildings being damaged in the capital city of Dhaka, according to Reuters. The USGS said it received 824 reports of people having felt the earthquake as of Friday afternoon.
The earthquake was centered about 8.7 miles west-southwest of Narsingdi, at a depth of 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles). Tremors were reported to be felt in several states of neighboring India, however, there weren't any immediate reports of damage in that location, according to authorities.
Several victims injured in the earthquake included students from Dhaka University, Gazipur city factory workers and residents living in Narsingdi, according to Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh's interim government, via Reuters. Yunus didn't however, provide details on how the five individuals were killed in the earthquake, though police had previously mentioned that three fell off a railing of a six-story building that collapsed in the devastation.
Several injured victims in Narsingdi were hospitalized in critical condition, health adviser Nurjahan Begum told reporters via Reuters. Bangladesh is among the countries most prone to earthquakes given its location at the convergence of three major tectonic plates with more than 580 earthquakes of 4.0 magnitude or higher reported to have struck within 186 miles within the past decade, according to EarthquakeList.org.