Earthquake Tremors Felt In Kolkata, Adjacent Districts; People Rush Out Of Buildings
Panicked employees and residents rushed out of buildings in Kolkata and nearby districts amid uncertainty over intensity of the earthquake.
Published : February 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM IST
|Updated : February 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM IST
Kolkata: Tremors were felt in Kolkata and adjoining districts in West Bengal on Friday afternoon after an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale hit Bangladesh. The quake triggered panic among residents and employees, who rushed out on roads in fear. No loss of life or damage to property has been reported, officials said.
The tremor was felt at 1.22 pm and it was recorded at a depth of 10 km below the Earth surface, an official of Indian Meteorological Department said. The epicentre was at Nayabazar, around 100 km from Kolkata, he added.
#WATCH | West Bengal: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter Scale hit South-West from BMD Seismic Centre, Agargaon, Dhaka in Bangladesh. Tremors felt in Kolkata, West Bengal.
— ANI (@ANI) February 27, 2026
Visuals from Kolkata city as people rush out of their residences. pic.twitter.com/62TVn7I0Z2
As per initial reports, three tremors, lasting for a few seconds, occurred first at 1:22 pm in a gap of 52 seconds. Earthquake alerts stated that seismic activity was recorded at a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale.
Nabanna and West Bengal Assembly were evacuated while Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, who was addressing a programme, was seen halting as tremor was felt at the venue.
Amid uncertainty over the intensity of tremor, residents and employees evacuated buildings and gathered on open spaces.
"We were watching the television from our sofa when suddenly tremors were felt. We rushed out of our house. Our fan, sofa, water bottle, furniture, all shook. All our neighbours had gathered on the road," Mita Dasgupta, a resident of Ballygunge said.
Apart from Kolkata, panic gripped people in the adjoining districts of North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia.
Earlier, tremors were felt in Kolkata at around 9 pm on February 3 after an earthquake of 6 magnitude rocked central Myanmar. Last Thursday, mild tremors were felt in north Bengal's Siliguri, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling at 11:34 am along with Kolkata. The intensity of the tremor was 4.6 on the Richter scale and the epicenter was Yuksum in Sikkim.
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