珍贵的史料--陶然士的《1933年8月叠溪地震及震后情况》  

Precious historical documents:T.Torrance’s The Tieh-chi earthquake of August 1933 and afterwards

作　　者：徐吉廷 洪时中 Xu Jiting;Hong Shizhong(Earthquake Disaster Prevention Administration of Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous,Sichuan Barkam 624000,China;Chengdu Emergency Management Bureau,Sichuan Chengdu 610042,China)

机构地区：[1]阿坝州防震减灾局,四川马尔康624000 [2]成都市应急管理局,四川成都610042

出　　处：《地震科学进展》2024年第7期471-475,共5页Progress in Earthquake Sciences

摘　　要：英国传教士陶然士(T.Torrance)曾长期在中国四川居住,亲身经历过1933年四川叠溪地震。1934年7月,他又到地震现场进行考察,事后写成The Tieh-chi earthquake of August 1933 and afterwards(1933年8月叠溪地震及震后情况)一文,同年11月发表在The West China Missionary News(华西教会新闻)上。本文介绍了陶然士的生平和他在叠溪地震时的经历,披露了《1933年8月叠溪地震及震后情况》一文的主要内容,并进行了评述。陶然士在他的文章中对叠溪地震灾害及其次生水灾的记述基本客观真实,不少细节可以与地质学家常隆庆的《四川叠溪地震调查记》以及后人的研究成果相互印证,具有一定的科学价值,是又一份珍贵的地震史料。并对进一步发掘有关地震史料等有关问题提出了建议。British missionary T.Torrance lived in Sichuan,China for a long time,and he personally experienced the Diexi(Tieh-chi)earthquake in Sichuan Province in 1933.In July 1934,he visited the site of the earthquake,then wrote the article The Tieh-chi earthquake of August 1933 and afterwards,which was published in the The West China Missionary News in November of the same year.Torrance’s life and his experience during the Diexi earthquake are introduced,and the main contents of the article The Tieh-chi earthquake of August 1933 and afterwards are disclosed and reviewed.Description of the Diexi earthquake disaster and its secondary flood in Torrance’s article is basically objective and true.Many details can be verified with geologist Chang Longqing’s Investigation report on Diexi earthquake of Sichuan and the research results of later generations.It has a certain scientific value,is also precious earthquake historical documents.Besides,some suggestions are put forward for further excavation of historical earthquake documents.

关 键 词：陶然士 叠溪地震 历史地震资料 

分 类 号：P315[天文地球—地震学]