Round 5 this morning our bed was shaking like crazy - and not for the right reasons.
Even my really, really heavy sleeping husband woke up and analyzed the situation immediately: an earthquake.
And so it was.
The epicenter of the 6.7 tremor was 350 kilometers northeast of Dhaka, in India.
I looked out of the window and saw people on the roof tops in the neigboring buildings.
We went back to sleep.
Our live-out housekeeper S. had rushed out to the street and spent the rest of the night there together with hundreds of others.
According to local news reports, at least three people died and dozens were lightly injured when they panicked out of their apartments. Some buildings are still tilting.
Experts say that Dhaka is one of the riskiest cities for earthquakes in the world. Due to poor construction quality and the density of population (average 45 000 per square kilometer), the consequences of a bigger quake would be catastrophic.
Bangladesh and Dhaka have had more than their share of hardship, problems and sorrows.
So please, no more earthquakes.
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