Videos published by local media and news agencies showed people gathering either in panic or joking in relief in Salt Lake City and other areas.
People rushed from buildings to the streets after an earthquake struck Kolkata on Friday afternoon, with residents reporting tremors across the city around 1:22 pm.
According to the National Center for Seismology, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.5, at a depth of 10 kilometers, and its epicenter was southwest of Bangladesh. The US Geological Survey had previously recorded a magnitude of 5.3, and said the epicenter of the quake was 26 kilometers southeast of Taki in West Bengal.
Videos published by local media and news agencies showed people gathering either in panic or joking in relief in Salt Lake City and other areas.
“We were sitting on our sofa when we suddenly felt tremors. We rushed out of our house. The sofa and the fan were shaking, and a bottle that was placed on the table fell. We all rushed downstairs,” Swajata, a Kolkata resident, told a news agency as he narrated the moment.
Shallow earthquakes are generally considered more dangerous than deep earthquakes, with depths ranging from 0 to 70 km; Followed by moderate earthquakes with a depth of 70-300 km; And deep earthquakes at an altitude of 300-700 km. In general, the term “deep focus earthquakes” is applied to earthquakes deeper than 70 kilometers, according to the USGS.
Earlier today, a 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck Namche district in Sikkim state.
