Talk:2014 Orkney earthquake

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I don't think it was a Johannesburg earthquake per se, more like southern Africa. On eNews they said the epicentre was in Orkney, North West. Helen Online  13:44, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It has also been covered in List of earthquakes in South Africa. Helen  Online  13:49, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't think it was a earthquake per se ... more like a mining related insident! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.13.90.190 (talk) 17:04, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

At ~10km, it can't be mining related.. The deepest worked mines in South Africa are at ~3.9km.. Gremlinsa (talk) 17:23, 5 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Note that the depth [per USGS] has been revised to 4.1 km. Helen  Online  15:08, 14 August 2014 (UTC)


 * The CGS is now quoting a figure of "about five kilometres below the surface". Helen  Online  11:55, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Magnitude
The local news at 5:00pm local time reported that the magnitude was upgraded to 5.5 .... however i can't find any online details of the upgrade at the moment... Gremlinsa (talk) 17:20, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Found reference on the SAGS site and added it, as well as the updated magnitude.. Gremlinsa (talk) 17:55, 5 August 2014 (UTC)


 * It's not an upgrade. It's just some else's calculation based on different instruments that are in a different location. It is best to just pick one value and stick with it. By including two numbers the readers are just going to be confused, and as time goes on there will be more and more different calculations, and some will be using different magnitude scales which will just add to the confusion. Don't add them all, and instead just find multiple references that are in agreement and use them. Dawnseeker2000   18:05, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

2014 Orkney earthquake
I added this section because it is important and was already partly covered in List of earthquakes in South Africa which should not fork this article with different content. I am no expert on earthquakes and did not follow the recent news reports all that closely so please discuss here if necessary. Helen Online  09:10, 15 August 2014 (UTC)