An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Bangladesh's Narsingdi on Friday morning, with the tremors being felt in parts of West Bengal, including Kolkata.
Many residents in Kolkata took to their social media accounts and said it was an "intense" earthquake. An X user claimed that his building "shook for 30 seconds".
"I think I just experienced the most intense earthquake of my life; Kolkata was shuddering like a fragile plastic tunnel," a resident wrote on X.
"That earthquake was strong enough to wake someone up from sleep," wrote another.
Several people in Kolkata and other districts were seen coming out on the streets as a precautionary measure. There was no immediate report of any injury or damage.
Bangladesh Earthquake
The earthquake struck 13 km south-southwest of Bangladesh's Narsingdi at 10:08 am and at a depth of 10 km, India's National Centre for Seismology said. The tremors were also felt in the capital, Dhaka.
Some people also felt tremors in Tripura's Dharmanagar, Meghalaya's Tura and Cherrapunjee, and Mizoram's Aizawal.
Earlier today, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted Pakistan. The epicentre of the earthquake was located at a depth of 135 km, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
