The latest Kolkata earthquake news: strong tremors sparked panic across West Bengal. Get a human perspective on the Bangladesh quake impact, plus an essential safety guide.
Kolkata earthquake panic and safety guide after tremors
The morning calm of Kolkata was abruptly shattered on a recent Friday, not by traffic or city noise, but by an unsettling, widespread tremor that triggered mass Kolkata earthquake panic. The suddenness of the event—a jarring few seconds that felt significantly longer to those experiencing it—sent thousands of residents, office workers, and even hospital staff scrambling into the streets in an instinctive surge of fear.
This significant seismic event, felt across vast swathes of West Bengal, was traced back to a magnitude 5.2 to 5.7 earthquake with its epicenter located in neighboring Bangladesh, near Narsingdi. Striking at approximately 10:10 am, the shallow depth of the quake, recorded at just 10 kilometers, meant that its energy efficiently propagated across the international border, delivering a palpable shock to the densely populated metropolitan region.
Reports from areas like Salt Lake Sector V, the city’s bustling IT hub, painted a vivid picture of the immediate aftermath. Hundreds of employees abandoned their high-rise buildings, taking to open spaces as precautionary measures. The scene was replicated in residential complexes across districts like North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, and Murshidabad, where the visible shaking of fans, windows, and water bottles provided terrifying confirmation of the ground’s movement.
