简介：ThedistributionoftheintensityoftheMojiangMS5.9earthquakeinYunnanProvinceisexpounded,andthedamagecharacteristicsofbuildingsandthedamageratioandseismicdamageindexofvariousbuildingstructuresineachintensityareaarecomparedwiththoseofTheChineseSeismicIntensityScale.Themainbasisandmethodofseismicintensityassessmentarediscussedinthispaper.Itisconcludedthat:①Theseismicintensityshouldbebasedontheearthquakedamageofthehousingstructure,whichtakesupahighratiointheseismicintensityassessment.Itisrecommendedthatseismicintensityisestimatedbycalculatingtheaverageseismicdamageindex.②ThehighestintensityoftheMojiangMS5.9earthquakeisVIIIdegrees,withthelongaxistrendinginthenorth-westdirection.TheareaaboveVIIdegreesis5,180km^2.③TheintensitydistributionoftheMojiangMS5.9earthquakemeetsthenationalstandardandthedistributionlawofseismicintensityinYunnan.