Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 Papudo earthquake


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The result was   delete. Secret account 05:27, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

2008 Papudo earthquake

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Earthquake did not have lasting consequences, it's not worthy of an article. Lester Foster (talk &#124; talk) 02:00, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Chile-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:03, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete, I'm not having very much luck finding any reliable sources to build an article with. This USGS shakemap listing shows that there were a few earthquakes around December 18, but they were not a 6.8 like the article says, but more on the moderate side and were located offshore (to the northeast of Santiago) and so would have had less impact on any towns or villages. I don't think we need this one. Dawnseeker2000   03:28, 25 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete, I can't find any news about this earthquake other than the reference in the article. The reference also says that there was no structural damage or injuries. There is nothing very significant about the earthquake, and the origin time is wrong, the magnitude is 6.2 and not 6.8, the depth is 18 or 19 km and not 10 km. I think it is useless. Seismologist76 (talk) 15:16, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. Search among Chilean media. The earthquake was perhaps not big enough to get the atention of The Guardian or the New York Times. Dentren  |  Ta lk  21:34, 26 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. Any serious search en Chile earthquakes have to be in both Spanish and English. Here is local TV covering the event and here is local newspaper doing it. Here is nationwide newspaper La Nación (Chile) covering it. The earthquake was also covered in the site of Chile's largest newspaper, El Mercurio. I think this should be enough to keep the article. Dentren  |  Ta lk  21:32, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for providing the links to the Spanish news articles, but what I've read there only reinforces my stance. The articles state that there were a number of moderate earthquakes with mostly light felt intensities. The one article states that for each event "There were no personal misfortune or damage." This series of earthquakes doesn't align with Wikiproject Earthquake's notability guidelines and I just don't see a need to keep it. Dawnseeker2000   02:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Dentren, are you serious? Chilean media reports every single earthquake (may it be strong, may it be light) that is felt in Santiago or the central area of the country. This so-called Papudo earthquake only prompted some ONEMI authorities to give some advice (something which they seemed to forgot completely by Feb 2010 haha) Lester Foster (talk &#124; talk) 04:47, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete Wikipedia is not the local news (WP:NOTNEWS), and if an event has no WP:LASTING consequences, we shouldn't have an article on it. Mkdw talk 05:18, 3 March 2013 (UTC)


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