Yes – I actually felt it. It actually startled me even though it wasn’t anything too serious. It felt like someone was behind me shaking the chair – every part of my body was shaking. Then it stopped.
I actually had a gut feeling/worry as to what it was – so I quickly jotted it down in (of all places) on Twitter so I had the moment logged (how’s that for the importance of twitter?). A few hours later I checked the local headlines to confirm. Unfortunately, I was right.
According to The Daily Star (and confirmed by me in real-time via Twitter) a tremor (measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale) hit Dhaka City just a few minutes shy of 1 am. According to The Daily Star, this quake was felt in places such as Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj, Netrakona, Kishoreganj, Mymensingh, Gazipur, Jessore, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Bogra. Oh – and from my bedroom as well.
Update: AFP now has a story about this as well.
Update 2: Voice of America also has a story now and is reporting this tremor was felt in at least 17 districts.
