India, Feb. 27 -- Residents of Kolkata, eastern India's major metropolis, were jolted around lunch time after an earthquake along the nearby India-Bangladesh border caused tremors in and across the city and its adjoining areas.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded the coordinates of the quake at 22.51degN, 89.17 degE in Asaashuni near Satkhira in the country's southwest Khulna division. The 5.4 magnitude quake took place at 13 hours 52 minutes 29 seconds (Bangladesh Standard Time) on February 27, 2026. The epicentre is located at a distance of 188 kilometres from Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital.

The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake being 5.3 in magnitude and having occurred 26 kilometres southeast from the ...