Talk:1952 Kern County earthquake

How many casualties?
The opening paragraph says 12 killed and 18 injured; the infobox says 14 casualties. —  crism ( talk )  21:51, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Largest, strongest
If there is a difference in the terms "largest" and "strongest," it would be good to define them.

As it stands, the years between the present quake and the last "strongest" and "largest" differ substantially. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.175.109.15 (talk) 16:21, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Tunnel pictures?
Have you seen any of the pictures of the damage in the tunnel? There's one that is especially dramatic: the wall apparently lifted up, and the rail slipped under it before the wall came down again, making it look the rail just runs into the concrete wall. I don't know what the copyright status is, but it would seem worth trying to get permission. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 20:12, 24 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, that one is part of the Steinbrugge Collection that's available on the NISEE archive. I've used their text resources for several years now, but the (high resolution) pictures are copyrighted and aren't available for use here. Unfortunate, because some are spectacular. Dawnseeker2000   04:18, 25 April 2015 (UTC)


 * The link that Dawnseeker2000 provided didn't work any more. I also remember seeing that photo, so I poked around. You can find a thumbnail for it here - it's in the Steinbrugge collection; look for "Image-B1202." Oaklandguy (talk) 06:29, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Resources
There is an excellent resource I did not see mentioned in the article, Bulletin 171 from the California Dept. of Mines, with a number of articles covering various aspects of the quake. Can be found here. Caution: the pdf is a big file. Has a number of pictures of the railroad damage, but not particularly good quality. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 00:35, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

P.S. Forgot to mention that there was a LOT more damage to the railroad than "two tunnels", and that it was closed for 25 days. Which is pretty significant as this is the Southern Pacific's main route into northern California from the east, and the Santa Fe's only access to northern California. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 00:46, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for posting this. That does look to be a good resource. I'm finding similar situations (missed sources) for other articles that I've expanded and I'm feeling like I could focus just on the California events and never run out of work. Dawnseeker2000  03:41, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Epicenter Geocoordinates?
The USGS page for this earthquake ( https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci3319401#executive ) gives an epicenter about 9 miles northeast of what this page and the GeoHack page has. The reference cited (#4) gives a whole list of preliminary locations (some of which end in .0000 showing how coarse the measurements were). I've not edited the page because I don't know how that works with the GeoHack link (is it automatic, or does the GeoHack page need to be updated also?). If the coordinates are updated then reference #4 also needs to be updated to reflect the USGS source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xapie128 (talk • contribs) 18:28, 2 September 2018 (UTC)