Talk:Slow earthquake

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Review by Austin
There is a lot of data in your opening section which is good if someone is coming into the article with some understanding already, but may not be best for an amateur. Might just be an opinion thing.

The causes section is well written but feels a little blocky. Maybe break up one or two sentences so they read easier (ie no compound sentences) so a reader can move through the section without getting tripped up. In general the section is good and i'm just nitpicking.

Locations section -- it might be good to have the name of the faults along which slow earthquakes have occurred in the listed countries so somebody could easily do further research

The figures are good but as Webb discussed doesn't necessarily show the "slow" part of the earthquake. I don't know if a figure like this exists, but something I was thinking of might show the propogation of S or P waves in both a normal and slow earthquake for comparison. The x axis could be time and hopefully this would demonstrate the slow nature of the slow earthquakes. You might even be able to make a graph like this yourself. It wouldnt necessarily need to have S/P waves, just something comparing normal and slow earthquakes with respect to time on the x axis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abenne1 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Review by John Martin
I found the introduction to be at a basic-level and easy to read. You do a good job of presenting what a slow-earthquake is and good data to explain magnitudes of these earthquakes.

The causes section does a good job of distinguishing the difference between regular earthquakes and slow earthquakes. I feel like there is some equation to determine slow earthquakes from the way you describe this in causes. If you could add that within this section I think it would be a nice touch.

Like Austin said it would be good to put names to faults for future research and I think one or two more examples of notable slow earthquakes that have occurred.

Review by Logan Adams
Overall, you did a very good job. After just one read through it, I fully understood what a slow earthquake is. The intro could be simplified a little bit so that younger/less knowledgable readers are able to picture it more clearly.

A picture of an area where a slow earthquake has occurred would be cool. That might be difficult to find but would be cool.

A list of slow earthquakes that have occurred would be nice as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ladam26 (talk • contribs) 15:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

There's slow, then there's slow.
I removed the sentence about tsunamis in the intro. After reading the reference, it's clear that the article is talking about an earthquake that's only "slow " relative to typical earthquakes, with the fault rupture propagating at 1 km/s instead of 3 km/s, but is much more like regular earthquakes than what this article is about. The "slow" earthquake described in that reference is still a fairly sudden event, compared to the slow earthquakes in the article, which rupture at speeds measured in cm/day. Argyriou (talk) 15:59, 21 November 2016 (UTC)