Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
EarthquakesHowrah
Earthquakes near Howrah
M5+ · Since 19502≤ 150 km
Last 30 days0≤ 300 km
StrongestM5.31976
22.58° N, 88.32° EElevation 8 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goHowrah · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low30° / 23°
Since 1950, 2 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more have struck within 150 km of Howrah; the strongest was M5.3, 23 June 1976. In the last 30 days 0 earthquakes were recorded within 300 km. 10 significant earthquakes on record hit the area.
Last 30 days · ≤ 300 km
None in this period.
M5+ · Since 1950 · ≤ 150 km
| 5.3 | 138 km | 23 June 1976 |
| 5.0 | 87 km | 27 February 2026 |
Significant earthquakes on record · ≤ 300 km
| 2025 | 275 km | M5.4 | 10 deaths |
| 2012 | 232 km | M4.5 | 44 deaths |
| 2010 | 256 km | M4.8 | |
| 2009 | 249 km | M4.1 | |
| 2008 | 156 km | M4.3 | 1 deaths |
| 2001 | 241 km | M4.5 | |
| 1989 | 169 km | M5.1 | 1 deaths |
| 1885 | 275 km | M6.9 | 75 deaths |
| 1874 | 95 km | – | 2,000 deathsTsunami |
| 1842 | 185 km | M6 | Tsunami |