India, Feb. 27 -- Major tremors were felt across Kolkata and several parts of south Bengal on Friday afternoon after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck in neighbouring Bangladesh, according to the National Centre os Seismology (NCS).

According to NCS, today's earthquake parameters are as follows:

Magnitude: 5.5

Date: 27/02/2026

Time: 13:22:25 IST

Latitude: 22.57 N

Longitude: 89.11 E

Depth: 10 Km

Region: Bangladesh

The NCS placed the epicentre in southwestern Bangladesh and recorded the magnitude at 5.3, with the quake occurring at approximately 1:52 pm local time.

Earlier, the USGS had reported the tremor as magnitude 5.3, locating the epicentre 26 km southwest of Khulna at 13:52:30 local time.

Variations in preliminary magnitud...