Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1997 Fiji-Tonga earthquake


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:05, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

1997 Fiji-Tonga earthquake

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WikiProject Earthquakes is not documenting insignificant events like this one, either as standalone articles or as list entries. Our efforts are instead being focused on creating complete, interesting, and encyclopedic articles that require significant coverage. This one fails multiple aspects of WP:EVENT and our own notability guidelines because of the following concerns:

This USGS entry for the event tells part of the story:
 * Low intensity (this event was felt only)
 * No injuries, deaths, or damage
 * Not of interest in the scientific community


 * M 7.8 - south of the Fiji Islands – United States Geological Survey Dawnseeker2000  04:13, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:56, 22 November 2018 (UTC)


 *  Delete - Despite it's magnitude, this earthquake shows no signs of enduring notability. The lack of scientific papers is particularly telling. Mikenorton (talk) 00:34, 23 November 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.