The 1833 Kunming earthquake was an 8.0 Mw earthquake that struck the provincial capital Kunming in Yunnan, China on September 6, 1833.[1] The earthquake had its epicenter along the Xiaojiang Fault near the town of Songming, approximately 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Kunming's city centre.[2] The earthquake destroyed many buildings, homes, and temples in Kunming and the nearby countryside. More than 6,000 people died as a result of the earthquake and another 80,000 were displaced.[3] The Qing government at the time provided relief to the region and used the event to strengthen its administration in the province.[4] The 1833 Kunming earthquake was the largest magnitude earthquake in Yunnan's recorded history.[5]
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Further reading
Wen, Xue-ze; Ma, Sheng-li; Xu, Xi-wei; He, Yong-nian (2008). "Historical pattern and behavior of earthquake ruptures along the eastern boundary of the Sichuan-Yunnan faulted-block, southwestern China". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 168 (1–2): 16–36. Bibcode:2008PEPI..168...16W. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.04.013. ISSN0031-9201.
