Table 1. List of Modified-Mercalli Intensity Observations from Bilham(1995). See Table 3 for MSK Intensities assessed byAmbraseys and Douglas, 2004.

named location

modern equivalent

MM

Long

E.dec

Lat

N.dec

houses destroyed

notes

Baghmati.

Bungamati

9

85.30

27.62

80

30% destroyed

Bali

?

9

 

 

3

 

Baneppa      

Banep‡

9

85.53

27.62

20

 

Bara goan

Baregau

9

85.36

27.6

35

 

Bareh   

Bore

9

85.38

27.68

20

 

Bhat Goan

Baktipur

10

85.43

27.65

2000

75% buildings,  (max 4700 destroyed and >6 temples)

British Residency

Kathmandu

8

85.33

27.72

1

 

Burba Nil Kanth

Burhanikanth

8

85.36

27.77

2

 

Changu Narayan

Cangunarayan

8

85.87

27.69

2

 

Changu.  

Icangu

9

85.27

27.72

20

Old temple destroyed.

Chapaly

Capali

9

85.36

27.76

7

 

Chappa goan 

Capagau

9

85.32

27.6

35

 

Chisapani

Chisapani

8

85.17

27.53

0

Damage to walls of fort

Chitlong 

Chitlong 

9

85.18

27.67

14

 

Deo Patan.       

Deupatan

8

85.32

27.75

30

 Paspatnath temple undamaged

Dharmpur

Dharmapur

9

85.34

27.74

20

 

Dharmtuli 

Dharamtali

8

85.3

27.76

2

 

Dhulaka

Dolacka

8

86.1

27.7

 

 

Digarchi

Xigatse

3

88.9

29.29

0

not felt

Doti

Doti

5

80.9

29.3

0

 

Dukele        

Dhulikhel

9

85.58

27.62

21

 

Duny Byass hills

?Jumbesi

9

 

 

40

 

Gorkka

Gorkha

8

84.60

28

2

 

Gou Karan   

Gokarna

9

85.73

27.73

8

 

Hal Chok

Dahacok?

9

85.27

27.72

3

 

Handi goan

Harrigau

9

 

 

20

 

Harra Sidhi

Harisiddhi

9

85.35

27.62

20

 

Hukin gaon

?

9

 

 

1

 

Kan Sing Choke

?Choksum

9

86

28.07

 

5 days of foreshocks

Kassa

Dram,Khasa

9

85.95

28

 

 

Kathmandu.

Kathmandu.

9

85.33

27.72

400

Extensive damage

Kirtipur

Kirtipur

8

85.24

27.67

14

532  old and frail houses on ridge.

Kirung

Kyirong

9

85.29

28.48

60

15% destroyed

Kuknah

Khokna  

9

85.30

27.63

130

 

Kuti (Tibet)

? N. of Kodari

9-10

85.98

28.15

550

83% destroyed

Listi gaon

Listikot

8

85.94

27.89

0

 

Lubu   

Lubhu

9

85.38

27.62

25

 

Mukwanpur

Mukwanpur

8

85.15

27.46

0

Fort damaged less than Chisapani

Mundun Pahar

? E to Tibet

>8

 

 

 

 

Nag Desa  

Nakdes

9

85.38

27.68

20

 

Nala goan   

Nala

9

 

 

11

 

Narod Devi

?Nardevi

8

 

 

1

 

Nayakoth       

Nuwakot

8

85.23

27.8

3

 

Pagah     

Panga   

9

85.27

27.65

24

 

Pahon

Bahongau

8

 

 

3

 

Palpa

Palpa

6

83.60

27.7

0

 

Panouti        

Panauti

9

85.53

27.57

19

 

Patan

Patan        

10

85.32

27.65

285

 

Peang  

Pyanggau

9

85.33

27.58

8

 

Phulam Chock       

?Palchok

9

85.53

27.52

300

Temple destroyed

Phurphing  

Pharphing

9

85.27

27.61

8

 

Sana   

?Sanagau

9

85.37

27.63

7

 

Sana goan

Sanagau  

9

85.37

27.63

40

 

Sangu          

Sanga

9

85.48

27.63

8

 

Sankhu

Sakhu

9

85.47

27.72

45

Mahadei Temple nearly ruined.

Sassanelly

?Sisneri

8

85.40

27.62

2

 

Sassanelly Hills  

?Sisneri

8

85.40

27.58

20

 

Selli goan     

?

9

 

 

16

 

Shipa

Sipatar

9

85.65

27.75

3       

Small houses destroyed

Swambunath.

Swayanbhunath

9

85.28

27.71

3

Temple destroyed

Taibu  

Thaiba 

9

85.35

27.61

18

 

Temi  

Thimi

10

85.38

27.67

150

 

Teshu goan

?

9

 

 

25

 

Tewanpur

?Makwanpur

9

 

 

10

 

Thankote  

Thankot

9

85.21

27.68

23

 

Tingri

Old Tingri

4

86.5

28.5

0

 

Toka gaon

Tocka

9

85.33

27.76

15

 

TOTAL number of buildings reported destroyed                                                                4652                 (includes damage in southern Tibet)

 

 

Table 2 Summary of 1833 Modified Mercalli Intensity data from Indian Newspapers, (see Appendix Bilham,1985) compared to 1934 Bihar earthquake Intensity data from Dunn et al. 1939

 

Mainshock

 

1833

1934

longE

latN

1833

duration

1833 shake

azimuth

source

Agra

V

VI

78.02

27.13

5s

 

 

Allahabad

VI

VII

81.92

25.43

120 s

 

 

Arrah

VIII

VII

84.67

25.57

60 s

N

 

Bankipur

VIII

IX

85.1

25.6

 

 

 

Bankura

VI

VI

87.07

23.23

 

 

 

Benares (Varanasi)

VII

VII

83.02

25.3

150 s

NW

 

Bhagalpore

VII

VIII

87

25.25

480 s

 

 

Buxar

VII

VII

83.98

25.57

180s

N

 

Calcutta

V

VI

88.4

22.57

120 s

N

 

Chandernagore

VI

V

88.4

22.73

180 s

 

 

Chapra

VIII

IX

84.73

25.78

 

N

 

Comercolly (Kumarkhali)

V

VI

89.18

23.87

 

 

 

Dinapore

VIII

VIII

85.05

25.63

 

 

 

Delhi

IV-V

V

77.2

28.7

300 s

NE

 

Futtigurh

IV

VI

79.6

27.3

 

 

 

Gazeepore (Ghazipur)

VI

VII

83.5

25.6

 

 

 

Goruckpore

VIII

 

83.4

26.8

180s

E

 

Hathras

V

VI

78.05

27.6

60 s

NW

 

Hazaribagh (Hazareebad)

IV

VI

84.27

23.95

 

 

 

Jabalpur

II-IV

V

75.98

23.33

 

 

Campbell, Nov. 1833

Kathmandu

VIII-X

IX-X

85.33

27.68

60 s

NE

 

Kirong (Kyirong)

VIII

 

84.25

28.45

 

 

Campbell, Dec. 1833

Lhasa

I

 

91.17

29.68

 

 

Campbell, Dec. 1833

Lucknow

VII

VI

80.93

26.87

180s

 

 

Lohooghat (Lohughar)*

II

 

80.08

29.38

 

 

Baird-Smith, 1843

Meerut

V

V

77.72

29.02

15 s

 

 

Monghyr

IX

X

86.56

25.38

60 s

NE

 

Mullye ( Murliganj?)

V

 

80.72

26.92

350 s

N

 

Murshidabad

V

VI

88.4

24.2

 

 

 

North Tirhoot

VIII

IX

85.4

26.4

 

 

 

Nusserabad (Nasirabad)

I

IV

90

24.43

 

 

 

Patna

VIII

IX

85.1

25.6

 

 

 

Rhotas Hills

IV

VI

83.83

24.63

120 s

 

 

Purnea

IX

IX

87.47

25.77

 

NE

 

Rungpore (Rangpur)

VI

VI

89.3

25.75

40s

 

 

Tingri, Tibet

IV

V

86.5

28.5

 

 

 

Tirhoot (N. Tirhoot)

IX

IX

85.4

26.23

60 s

E

 

Tirhoot (Muzaffarpur)

IX

IX

85.4

26.12

60s

N

 

Xigatse, Tibet

I

V

88.7

29.3

 

 

Campbell, Dec. 1833

Aftershocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berhampore 4 Oct

V

 

86.1

30.00

0 s

 

 

Jaunpur 9 Oct

V

 

82.68

25.75

3 s

 

 

Malda 4 Oct

V

 

88.13

25.03

 

 

 

Goruckpore 18 Oct

VII

 

83.4

26.8

60s

E

 

Bhagalpore 4 Oct

VII

 

87

25.25

10 s

 

 

Purneah 4 Oct

V

 

87.47

25.77

 

 

 

 

* Baird Smith 1843 citing McCleland, p.1051  (note that due to mis-numbering in the journal a second page 1051 occurs, and pages 1053 to 1056 appear thrice distinguished by * and   symbols).

 

Table 3 List of MSK Intensity observations from Ambraseys and Douglas, 2004.

 

1833
Kyirong 28.41 85.31 8
QuxanT 28.1 85.99 8
ZharnT 27.98 85.98 8
Gorkha 28 84.63 7
Moghyr 25.38 86.47 7
Patna 25.61 85.13 7
Purneah 25.77 87.48 7
RongxarT 28.08 86.33 7
Bankipur 25.62 85.15 6
Chapra 25.78 84.73 6
Chupra 25.78 84.73 6
Danapur 25.63 85.05 6
Gorukpur 26.76 83.37 6
Muzaffarpur 26.12 85.38 6
Palpa 27.87 83.54 6
Tirhoot 26.4 85.4 6
Allahabad 25.45 81.84 5
Arrah 25.56 84.66 5
Barh 25.47 85.71 5
Bhagalpore 25.25 86.98 5
Bhojepur 25.59 84.13 5
Buxar 25.56 83.98 5
Doti 29.3 80.9 5
Ghazipur 25.59 83.6 5
GyangkarT 28.42 87.76 5
JiggyobT 27.97 87.46 5
Mullye 25.9 86.99 5
ZonggaT 29 85.25 5
Lucknow 26.84 80.93 4.5
Agra 27.19 78.04 4
Benares 25.31 83.01 4
Calcutta 22.57 88.36 4
GandtokS 27.33 88.61 4
Hazaribagh 24 85.37 4
Kurantandhi 25.54 83.93 4
Murshidabad 24.17 88.27 4
Rajnahal 25.05 87.84 4
Rangpur 25.74 89.25 4
RhotasHill 24.63 83.83 4
Tingri 28.57 86.61 4
Chanderagore 22.88 88.39 3
Delhi 28.66 77.23 3
Digarchi 29.29 88.9 3
Fattigurh 27.37 79.63 3
Hathras 27.6 78.05 3
Kumarkhali 23.91 89.14 3
Meerut 28.99 77.71 3
PunakhaB 27.78 89.9 3
Chittagong 22.33 91.82 2
Jabalpur 23.16 79.94 2
Lohooghat 29.42 80.1 2
Dacca 23.71 90.41 1
Dinajpur 25.63 88.65 1
Lhasa 29.65 91.13 1
Midnapur 22.42 87.32 1
Nassirabad 23.85 90.9 1
Patan 29.47 80.55 1
Singbum 22.77 86.2 1
Sylhet 24.9 91.89 1
Udaipur 23.83 89.41 1
Xingetse 29.3 88.7 1