Talk:1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake

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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 09:36, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

1995 Egypt earthquake → 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake –

The earthquake occurred in the Gulf of Aqaba and damage and deaths were reported in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The heaviest damage occurred in Egypt (eight buildings collapsed in Cairo) with the heaviest in Nuweiba, Egypt. Damage also occurred in the resort towns in Aqaba, Jordan and Eilat, Israel, so this really was a regional event that affected a handful of countries (Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia). Renaming this from the generic "Egypt earthquake" to "Gulf of Aqaba" earthquake would help define the regional nature of the event.

This earthquake has been studied quite a bit and there are an unusually high number of sources available for it. I looked through these sources and have listed how the event is referred to. I think the next best option would be the 1995 Nuweiba earthquake as that was the town that was closest to the epicenter and experienced a large portion of damage and deaths (a four story hotel resort collapsed there).

I have an expanded version of the article in my user space that I would like to post (shooting for a DYK) after the name gets sorted through. Dawnseeker2000  03:39, 28 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Gulf of Aqaba earthquake —


 * Nuweiba earthquake —


 * Aqaba earthquake —

Survey

 * Support - A move to either of the first two would be preferable to the existing name. Mikenorton (talk) 15:46, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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