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The occurrence of this earthquake is debated, though it is reported that 3 lakhs of people perished during this earthquake. Bilham (1994) opined that the same event did not occur due to strong proof is obtained from East India company records. On the other hand, Govinda Rao (1995) had shown the evidence of the occurrence of the Calcutta earthquake on 11 October, 1737 in Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle reports thus: A furious Hurricane in the Bay of Bengal, attended with a very heavy rain fall and violent earthquake which threw down abundant houses. Several animal and people perished. The English ships drove offshore and broke to pieces. If this the case of occurrence the catstrophic event in this region of Calcutta, its expected maximum MM intensity may be assigned as X and its epicentral location is probably about 22.6 N, 88.4E.
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