August 26, 1833 Earthquake: Tibet, Bihar, China, Kathmandu, India, Nepal

August 26, 1833, India, Nepal, Calcutta, Agra, Lucknow, Tirhoot, Purneah, Patna, Buxar, Allahabad, Monghur, Kutmanda and Lhasa, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)

August 26, 1833, Nepal, United Provinces and Bihar, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which could destroy towns or devastate districts: the acceleration of the ground in these cases exceeds 5 feet per sec per sec. (reference #1216)

August 26, 1833, 28.3 N, 85.5 E, magnitude 8.0. (reference #1276)

August 26, 1833, Bihar and Nepal. Felt over much the same areas as the 1934 earthquake [26.5 N, 86.5 E] though possibly not quite as severe. Destruction at Kathmandu. Followed by many aftershocks. (reference #1100)

August 26, 1833 - Bihar and Nepal. Felt over much the same area as the 1934 earthquake, though possibly not quite as severe. (reference #1095)

August 26, 1833, Kathmandu, Nepal. (reference #1212)

Just before midnight on 26 August 1833 (23:35 Calcutta time), a 1 million km2 region of northern India, Nepal and Tibet was shaken by a strong earthquake which triggered landslides and rockfalls, destroyed more than 4600 dwellings and many temples, but apparently resulted in fewer than 500 fatalities [...] In some villages in northern Nepal and southern Tibet, 30% or more houses were destroyed. Damage in India was less severe with fewer than 10 reported fatalities and few buildings totally destroyed [...] Summary of damage in Nepal and Tibet: 414 fatalities, 172 injuries and 4040 destroyed buildings are estimated in the Kathmandu valley with additional fatalities and damage in villages to N and E. Total number of buildings reported destroyed (includes damage in southern Tibet): 4652 [...] A mean moment magnitude of Mo= 7.7 ± 0.2 is obtained by applying Johnston's F94 relation between isoseismal area and moment magnitude. (reference #4113)