Kolkata Earthquake: Strong Tremors Felt In Parts Of Bengal As Magnitude 5.9 Quake Strikes Myanmar

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Tuesday, sending strong tremors across parts of eastern India and Bangladesh. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake’s epicentre was located about 70 miles (roughly 113 km) east of Akyab (Sittwe), Myanmar. The depth of the quake was reported to be 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). 

This is the third earthquake in Myanmar in the last 71 hours, and also the second quake being felt in Bangladesh in 24 hours. Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Bangladesh on Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

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It is estimated that an earthquake occurs on Earth every 30 seconds; the majority of them are not felt due to their weak magnitude.

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake releases energy roughly equivalent to the detonation of about 15 tons of TNT, according to standard seismological conversions, though some reports cite around 6 tons for similar low magnitudes, depending on the exact scale and calculation method.