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Information on the earthquake in Altai in 1887 is supplemented by information from the Kavkaz newspaper (The Caucasus) published in Tiflis (Tbilisi). It is concluded that it is necessary to carry out systematic work to search for sources of information while organizing research based on the history of the regional and central press and developing archival and library science; episodic surveys from project to project, limited only to sources in the study area, create the risk of missing the original macroseismiс information. New data and the use of a strictly formalized procedure for determining the position of the epicenter have led to a revision of the previous decision of the earthquake on January 2/14, 1887. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]