2015/08/15 by Sujit Dasgupta · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Earthquake Detection and Analysis #Historiography #History #Ancient history #Seismology #Archaeology #Geology
paper · pdf · doi:10.16943/ijhs/2015/v50i4/48319
published in Revista de Fomento Social 50(4) (Springer Science+Business Media)
openalex publication_date 2015/08/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/06
Original descriptive account of data, both from Nepal and India, relating to damage inflicted by the 26 th August 1833 Nepal Himalaya earthquake have been collated and presented in this communication. The basic objective is to bring all such scattered data and information at a single place to facilitate downstream research on the seismotectonics and seismic hazard assessment of this part of the Himalaya. Attempt has been made to analyze data extracted from Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta Christian Observer, Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register, Baptist Magazine among others published during 1833-1835. Subsequent publications on this earthquake which was printed in 1843, 1850 and 1883 have also been reproduced. Extracts from a few contemporary research published during the last twenty years are mentioned to highlight current status of knowledge on this earthquake in comparison to the mega earthquake of 1934 that affected the same geographical region.