Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Utah 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. Jayjg (talk) 03:55, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

2010 Utah earthquake

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Notability not established. Not enough sources to write a verifiable article. WP:NOTNEWS The strongest earthquake since 1992 is not a claim to notability. Aditya Ex Machina 08:11, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Simon-in-sagamihara (talk) 09:27, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Non-notable event. Niteshift36 (talk) 13:56, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as another example of "quaking news". However, the news articles about this refer to the "Crawford fault"  and I'd encourage someone to do a little bit of research and making an article about that, which could include mention of other events that happened in years that didn't begin with a "2".  The earthquake project has been shaken up in the last few weeks, and is looking for an alternative to the practice of writing about today's tremors. Mandsford 14:11, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per not a directory and WP:NOTNEWS. Magnitude four point something quakes generally do not cause much damage or injuries and have no enduring effects beyond getting recorded on sensitive seismographs and causing people near them to say "What was that?" the same as when there is thunder or a heavy truck drives over a nearby pothole. Edison (talk) 15:56, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. AlexHOUSE (talk) 17:52, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I am the article's creator. This is earthquake was a magnitude 4.9, which is very rare and unusual in Utah. Also, the USGS has put this earthquake on their list of significant earthquakes for 2010 (which can be found here: ). Also, there is an article on the smaller 2010 Pico Rivera earthquake, which was only a 4.4 and occurred in Southern California, a region that experiences frequent earthquakes, whereas this earthquake was larger (with a magnitude of 4.9) and occurred in an area where earthquakes are rare (it is the strongest Utah earthquake since 1992). Therefore, this article should be kept. Av9 (talk) 21:56, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * USGS's criteria of inclusion is lower than Wikipedia's. Also WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, you should judge notability individually. In this case, I don't think "the strongest earthquake since 1992" is of enduring notability, you are of course entitled to your own opinion on that. Aditya Ex Machina  23:08, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * And in geological time, 18 years is rather insignificant, I might note. The USGS is a geological institution and they have an entry for nearly every earthquake. — Mike moral  ♪♫  20:05, 24 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:06, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS and nom. — Mike moral  ♪♫  20:53, 23 May 2010 (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.