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Mild quake shakes Bangladesh, no damage reported

A mild earthquake has shaken southeastern Bangladesh but no damage has been reported.

The country's lone geophysical observatory in Chittagong port city measured the quake at 3.04 on the Richter scale and said the epicentre was 90 kilometres away from the observatory.

At least 80 prisoners were injured when a staircase in Dhaka central jail collapsed in the country's last quake on December the 19th.

7/01/02 2:45:41 | ABC Radio Australia News

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