Table 6.

Reported damage to local buildings and pagodas due to Mw 7.5, 4 December 1930 Pyu earthquake, Myanmar. Approximated distance determined from rupture area proposed by Wang et al. [19]).

town	Rossi–Forel's (RF) scale	MMI scale	description
Pyu (distance, 10 km)	IX [30,31]	VIII	—most masonry structures (Class A according to EMS) were destroyed (Grade 5 according to EMS) —all timber buildings with brick nogging infill wall (Class C according to EMS) had slight tilting (Grade 2 according to EMS) —mosques, temples and pagodas suffered complete destruction
Toungoo (distance, 25 km)	VIII [30,31]	≥VII	—many masonry structures (Class A according to EMS) were damaged (Grade 4 according to EMS) —most timber buildings with brick nogging infill wall (Class C according to EMS) were slightly damaged (Grade 2 according to EMS) —most of the local pagodas were damaged