Talk:List of earthquakes in 2010

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Table
Having a table like in List of earthquakes in Chile would be nice. -- DA I (Δ) 10:53, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * See List of 21st century earthquakes, which covers most of them. Mikenorton (talk) 08:21, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

---Even though it's confirmed that the earthquake in Elazig is 6.0, the infobox at the bottom still shows 5.9. Anyone willing to fix that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.184.32.30 (talk) 15:35, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Is that a lot?
Have the earthquakes this year been more numerous and severe than average, or is it too early to say that? -68.185.195.219 (talk) 18:39, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * surf here http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/graphs.php -- DA I (Δ) 22:07, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's a very interesting link. -68.185.195.219 (talk) 04:48, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Eureka
There was an earthquake in Eureka. Sadly the link points not to a specific town called Eureka. Should be fixed. -- 95.117.247.220 (talk) 16:24, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

This earthquake should not be in bold on the template as no one died from this quake. The requirement is 30 deaths, I would fix it but I do not know how to do it. (Weather130 (talk) 02:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC))

You might want to add this one to the list
Sakhalin, Russia, today. Magnitude 6.0.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/moderate-earthquake-hits-russian-island-of-sakhalin_100335269.html

89.179.216.148 (talk) 18:23, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

also, Grand Cayman January 19 (5.8) Venezuela January 15 (5.6) Argentina January 17 (6.3) Guatemala January 18 (6.0) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.83.13.134 (talk) 13:04, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Suitable management of this article
In my opinion, I think this article should be restricted to earthquakes that are at least of magnitude 4.5, unless they are notable in some way i.e. cause some sort of damage, injuries or death. Earthquakes of under 4.5MM occur very regularly, the greater majority of them are only mentioned on USGS and related web sites, and not mentioned in any news sources due to lack of notability. On USGS, only earthquakes of 4.5MM and above are shown in bold print. If people keep adding these lower-magnitude quakes to the list then not only is the list going to become too long, but also it is going to be very difficult to keep count of them all. Justmeagain83 (talk) 20:57, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

With suitable management this could potentially be a useful article, however at the moment it is just seeming like an invitation for editors to add random insignificant earthquakes that just make the list unnecessarily long. Since there are as many as 1500 quakes above magnitude 5 per year I would suggest listing only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or larger. Smaller ones should only be added when they when they cause casualties or are notable for some other reason. It is the only way this article can be made to work. RapidR (talk) 20:29, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I guess I will make an attempt at managing this article a little more than it has been. I'll start with a 6.0 cut off, I do think there can notable earthquakes below this level but I'm not exactly sure what criteria should be used. --Tmckeage (talk) 00:06, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

-I would have gone with a 5.0 cut off myself. i admit the fours were a bit much, but to remove all the fives too? erases the point of reference for all of us who like numbers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gethsemanic (talk • contribs) 01:08, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Well I'm certainly not saying that an earthquake below 6.0M can't be included, just that it requires some sort of justification for inclusion. According to the USGS there are about:
 * 1 earthquake above 8.0 per year
 * 17 earthquakes between 7.0 and 7.9 per year
 * 134 earthquakes between 6.0 and 6.9 per year
 * 1319 earthquakes between 5.0 and 5.9 per year
 * Obviously a list of over 100 earthquakes per month becomes unwieldy and important data gets lost in the noise. Perhaps if a small table was included each month that reported the number of each range of earthquakes while only actually listing those above a certain threshold would satisfy those seeking notable events and those seeking numbers. I'll try to figure out how to make a table in wikipedia :-(--Tmckeage (talk) 02:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Obviously a list of over 100 earthquakes per month becomes unwieldy and important data gets lost in the noise. Perhaps if a small table was included each month that reported the number of each range of earthquakes while only actually listing those above a certain threshold would satisfy those seeking notable events and those seeking numbers. I'll try to figure out how to make a table in wikipedia :-(--Tmckeage (talk) 02:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Obviously a list of over 100 earthquakes per month becomes unwieldy and important data gets lost in the noise. Perhaps if a small table was included each month that reported the number of each range of earthquakes while only actually listing those above a certain threshold would satisfy those seeking notable events and those seeking numbers. I'll try to figure out how to make a table in wikipedia :-(--Tmckeage (talk) 02:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm beginning to think that all listings of individual earthquakes should be notable regardless of their magnitude, any other criteria just seems arbitrary. I also think individual entries need to be standardized although I'm quiet sure what that standardization should be. Basically a location, magnitude, a link to the quakes wikipedia article, and a short sentence or two to provide differentiation. Input on this would be appreciated. --Tmckeage (talk) 10:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * The removal of the 2010 Central Canada earthquake, though it registered 5.0 in magnitude, is unjustified. It is notable, largely due to the rarity of such events in the region and its scope. 216.234.60.106 (talk) 14:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Inaccuracies
Alot of the information on this page is either inaccurate or woefully out of date. I can't even figure out what the table titled "Earthquakes by Nations" means. I'm working to get it up to speed but there should probably be some sort of banner saying hey don't trust this page, unfortunately I don't know how to put up banners or find one that suits my needs so if someone with the know how could do that it would be awesome --Tmckeage (talk) 03:10, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

OK I went ahead and deleted the table "Earthquakes by Nations". I assumed it was trying to list earthquakes by nations by an arbitrary limit. I felt there was little to no useful information to be taken from this table as the varying magnitude limits made it impossible to compare data. I could see the table being brought back if some standard limit was introduced but until then I feel the inclusion of this table severely detracts from the article. --Tmckeage (talk) 04:34, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Papua New Guinea
I added the Papua New Guinea earthquake to the "April" section. I'm assuming USGS sources are acceptable. --asdadogs (talk) 01:12, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

23rd July Mindanao Earthquake.
It appears that the aftershocks have been listed as well, if someone knows which one of the three listed earthquakes is the first, can they remove the aftershocks? Thanks.--Mithril712 (talk) 13:16, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Something wrong with the figures...
There's something wrong with the decade-long average table at the top of the article. How can the yearly average for 5.0-9.9 be (a) less than the yearly average for 5.0-5.9, and (b) be less than the 5.0-9.9 figure for any individual year? I suspect some recalculation is necessary here... Grutness...wha?  06:47, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Concur with Grutness. See edits by for example. They are changing figures, with no edit summary, no sources and don't bother to see that the "Total" figures add up! See  and . What's happened to wp:Verify? I followed them here from other articles ie. 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi, where they were also changing data without references! - 220.101 talk\Contribs 15:11, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

December 2010 Kerman province eathquake
7 were reported dead and just over 100 hurt in a relatively sparsely populated and rural area of Kerman province  after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake hit an area between the cities of Zahedan and Bam. according to state-run Press TV on the 20th. The governor general of Kerman province told the IRNA news agency that the death toll would probably start to rise as rescuers found more dead and injured in the rubble. The ground tremors were felt as far away as the Pakistan-Afghanistan border .--82.11.99.44 (talk) 10:54, 21 December 2010 (UTC)


 * See December 2010 Iran earthquake. ~ A H  1 (TCU) 00:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

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