Abstract: The southern Liaoning Province is one of the strongest seismic zones in Northeast China,where have happened a series of destructive earthquakes.The epicentre of Jinzhou earthquakes of magnitude of 6.0 that occurred in 1861 was the Jinzhou in previous documents.However,based on field investigation.and available data,the epicentre in point should be located adjacent to the Huitun in the Xinjon County,about 42 km far from the Jinzhou to the southwest.