June 13, 1888 Earthquake: Bohai Gulf, China

June 13, 1888, Bohai Gulf, 38.5 N, 119 E, magnitude 7.5.

Meizoseismal area: Bohai Gulf, no records available.

Luanxian: Countless houses were destroyed. The ground fissured at Lianggezhuang Village gushing out black water.

Changli: Most of the walls and houses collapsed. The

tip of the pagoda in the Yuanying Temple fell down.

Cangxian: Some houses and walls collapsed.

Wudi: Half of the pagoda of the Dajiaosi Temple toppled

down. The ground split with black water gushing out.

Yangxin: The north gate tower fell down. There were parts in the flat ground sinking as deep as wells. Meters-long fissures were also seen.

Huimin: Most houses collapsed.

Lijin: A great number of houses collapsed. A 1.3-1.7cm wide and 1,000 m long fissure occurred with black mud gushing out.

Yucheng: Some houses collapsed.

Zouping: A ground fissure about 0.3 m in width and

more than 3 m in length occurred.

Shouguang: River surged. Walls and houses collapsed.

Changyi: The ridge of the east gate tower fell down.

Zunhua: The city walls at the southeast corner of the

county seat collapsed more than 60 m long. The ground sunk at several places. The northeast corner tower was destroyed.

Tianjin: More than 100 houses collapsed. In some places no persons were wounded; some houses rocked violently, but did not give way. In Dagu pier, a storehouse collapsed at a corner, a chimney partly fell, and fissures occurred on walls and roofs.

Lulong: A section of the city walls fell down, and some

civilian houses collapsed.

Tangshan: Few weak buildings were destroyed. A number of gables cracked.

Qinhuangdao: One or two old mud houses split open, a few brick houses cracked.

Luannan: Many old partition walls (about 10%) in Xiexinzhuang Village collapsed.

Laoting: Many houses and walls (about 50%) in Shatao collapsed. Solid houses cracked. The ground fissured with ejection of water and sand. In south Gongguanying Village, many houses and courtyard walls collapsed, those left standing suffered from cracks.

Funing: Walls of old houses collapsed. A few houses

cracked. Some battlements on the north city walls fell under shaking. (Otber descriptions report wall falling for 30 m long or simply cracking and brick falling along the southern city wells.)

(above from reference #3939)