Earthquake in Kolkata Today Highlights: Kolkata, Odisha wake up to tremors as quake of 5.1 magnitude hits Bay of Bengal

Earthquake in Kolkata Today LIVE: Like Kolkata, Delhi felt earthquake tremors early morning on February 17 when a quake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale hit the national capital.

Although today's earthquake near Kolkata was recorded to be of higher intensity than Delhi's earthquake, people in the national capital felt stronger tremors. 

Earthquake in Kolkata Today LIVE: Earlier, when magnitude 4 quake hit Delhi last week, Dr Suman Gupta had told Mint that aftershocks can be generally observed within 8-12 hours after an earthquake. However, there is no update on any aftershock following the 5.5 magnitude quake in the Bay of Bengal.

Earthquake in Kolkata Today LIVE: Social media users share picture ‘I'm back’ as ‘earthquake comes to trends every now and then’. Last week, earthquake of magnitude of 4 hit Delhi-NCR.

So far, there have been no details about damage caused by the earthquake. The epicentre of the Kolkata earthquake was located far away from the city. The epicentre of today's earthquake was 91 km below ground level, so there are fewer chances of damage.

Earthquake in Kolkata Today LIVE: Tremors were felt in Kolkata, parts of West Bengal and Odisha as an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale struck the Bay of Bengal.

Earthquake in Kolkata Today LIVE: Like Kolkata, Delhi felt earthquake tremors early morning on February 17 when a quake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale hit the national capital.

Although today's earthquake near Kolkata was recorded to be of higher intensity than Delhi's earthquake, people in the national capital felt stronger tremors. This is because Delhi was the epicentre of earthquake which hit the region on February 17. The Epicentre of today's earthquake near Kolkata is in the Bay of Bengal

Delhi earthquake tremors felt severe even though the intensity was only 4 on the Richter scale because the epicentre was New Delhi. In Kolkata, the quake struck the Bay of Bengal at a depth of 91 kilometres

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was recorded at 6.10 am on Tuesday near Puri in Odisha, an IMD official said here.

The quake occurred at a depth of 91 km in the Bay of Bengal, he said.

The tremor was recorded at latitude 19.52 N and longitude 88.55 E, the IMD official said.

Earthquake in Kolkata Today LIVE: Earlier, when magnitude 4 quake hit Delhi last week, Dr Suman Gupta had told Mint that aftershocks can be generally observed within 8-12 hours after an earthquake.  However, there is no update on any aftershock following the 5.5 magnitude quake in the Bay of Bengal.

Accrdoing to OTV report, in Odisha, tremors were felt at several places including Puri, Berhampur, Balasore and Bhubaneswar.

Earthquake in Kolkata Today LIVE: Like Kolkata, Delhi felt earthquake tremors early morning on February 17 when a quake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale hit the national capital.

Although today's earthquake near Kolkata was recorded to be of higher intensity than Delhi's earthquake, people in the national capital felt stronger tremors. This is because Delhi was the epicentre of earthquake which hit the region on February 17. The Epicentre of today's earthquake near Kolkata is in the Bay of Bengal.

Earthquake in Kolkata Today LIVE: Tremors were felt in Kolkata, parts of West Bengal and Odisha as an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale struck the Bay of Bengal.

Did anyone feel the #earthquake in Bhubaneswar, Odisha? I woke up due to the tremors ..

So far, there have been no details about damage caused by the earthquake. The epicentre of the Kolkata earthquake was located far away from the city. The epicentre of today's earthquake was 91 km below ground level, so there are fewer chances of damage.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter Scale hit the Bay of Bengal at 06:10 IST today