An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale struck Monirampur in Jessore at 2:27 p.m. on Saturday. The tremor originated in Monirampur itself, about 157 kilometers southwest of Dhaka, according to the Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center. This marks the third quake this month. Earlier, on September 14, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Assam, India, followed by a 4.0 quake in Sunamganj’s Chhatak region on September 21.