KOLKATA: Kolkata and its adjacent districts were jolted by two consecutive earthquake tremors on Friday afternoon, sending people rushing out of homes and offices in a panic.
Tremors were felt throughout the city and its adjacent districts at 1.22 p.m.
Several high-rise buildings in the city shook for several seconds.
The epicentre of the earthquake was Khulna in Bangladesh. The magnitude of the tremor was 5.5 on the Richter scale. Many people left their homes and offices in fear and panic. There were reports of several old houses leaning.