A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Bankura District of West Bengal at 10:39am on Sunday. The epicentre was 10 km deep taking place at 23.3 degrees North and 86.9 degrees East, according to the Indian Meteorological Department(IMD).
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Earthquake of Magnitude:4.8, Occurred on:26-05-2019, 10:39:15 IST, Lat:23.3 N & Long: 86.9 E, Depth 10 Km, Region: Bankura, West Bengal <a href="https://t.co/LfNqXswG2J">pic.twitter.com/LfNqXswG2J</a></p>— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) <a href="https://twitter.com/Indiametdept/status/1132521874510962688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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No casualties or damage was reported by Sunday afternoon. Tremors were felt in neighbouring Jharkhand as well.
Earlier in the day, at 07:49am, another earthquake was recorded in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at a depth of 35km below the surface, latitude 08.2 degrees and longitude 93.3 degrees.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Earthquake of Magnitude:4.5, Occurred on:26-05-2019, 07:49:53 IST, Lat:08.2 N & Long: 93.3 E, Depth35 Km, Region:Nicobar Islands <a href="https://t.co/kRa4xK4hKy">pic.twitter.com/kRa4xK4hKy</a></p>— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) <a href="https://twitter.com/Indiametdept/status/1132485800241782789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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On Saturday, two earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 and 4.8 were recorded in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Indonesia and Papa New Guinea also recorded tremors of up to magnitude 5.0 between Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake was even recorded as far East as Japan, hours before a high-profile visit by US president Donald Trump was expected.
Most recently, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Peru on Sunday afternoon.
Some Indian Twitter users joked that the earthquakes were a side-effect of election-related “political drama.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#earthquake</a> <a href="https://t.co/6x9qhyQiQM">pic.twitter.com/6x9qhyQiQM</a></p>— Joyati Chakraborty Bhowal (@WriterJoyati) <a href="https://twitter.com/WriterJoyati/status/1132548010200535045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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