Abstract: In order to deal with the "vicinity efiect" in the damage localization of plate structures, this paper proposes a method based on the modifled modal strain energy. Firstly, the relative strain change at adjacent points are used to calculate the weight coe-cients, Then the strain energy in the corresponding area is redistributed according to the weight coe-cients. By deflning a damage difierentiation degrees index, the influences of the noise on the damage localization can be evaluated. To verify the feasibility and the efiectiveness of the proposed method, a four edge simply supported plate is used as a numerical example. It is shown that the proposed method can realize an accurate damage localization in dot, block and strip damage cases, with a good anti-noise capability.