FEARS RISE AFTER NEW JOLTS
Dhaka resident Tasnuba Sharmin Sharna, 32, told AFP her children screamed as furniture shook, adding: “We are praying to God for mercy.”
Aftershocks such as these are common after major earthquakes, but for some in Bangladesh they have added to fears of an even larger disaster.
“I do not feel safe yet, as there was another jolt this morning in Ashulia. Maybe we are next,” said Shahnaj Parvin.
The 44 year old, who lives near the epicentre of Friday’s earthquake, said she had never experienced such a tremor. Cracks have developed in dozens of houses in her area.
“I was hanging my children’s clothes on the washing line when the tremor struck,” she said. “I held onto a mahogany tree, and when I returned home, I found my glassware broken.”
Source: CNA
