A large earthquake occurred between Wudu and Wenxian in the south of Gansu Province with M8 on July 1st, 1879. It is called the Southern Wudu Earthquake. The intensity of the epicenter area was about Ⅺ.This earthquake caused serious secondary disasters, such as destruction of buildings, landslides, rock collapses and flood, and also more than 20 000 deaths. This paper reviewed the research history of the Southern Wudu M8 earthquake in 1879, described the features of its intensity distribution and attenuatio...
1.Lanzhou Institute of Seismology,Chinese Earthquake Administration,Lanzhou 730000,China2.Lanzhou National Observatory of Geophysics,Lanzhou 730000,China甘肃东南部的陇南山区位于南北强震构造带的中北段,同时又处于中国中西部地貌梯级过渡带,地震和滑坡、泥石流等