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Latest comment: 8 months ago5 comments5 people in discussion
NO MERGE
No consensus that the two articles should be merged at this time, after ten months of discussion. Joyous!Noise! 04:25, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
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The redirect seismic activity points to earthquake, which defines "seismicity" in the lead (average rate of seismic energy release per unit volume). fgnievinski (talk) 14:19, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
I think that "Seismic activity" should actually point at "Seismicity" as the latter is effectively just a shortening of the former. I feel that the "seismicity" article could and should be expanded, to include, amongst other things, induced seismicity. I'll see what I can come up with. Mikenorton (talk) 11:19, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
Seismicity is simply a measure of the frequency and size of earthquakes in a given region over an amount of time. I agree, it could easily merge under the Earthquakes article. EricFishers11 (talk) 05:48, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
Some have labelled the earthquake article a mess as it mixes technical and more plain english. I am all for keeping seismicity separate for those who want to explore a technical topic. Its a bit like saying weather forecasting measurement can be dealt with in the forecasting section of the weather page ChaseKiwi (talk) 17:42, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2023
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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. (OP blocked for spamming) Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:37, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 13 January 2024
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In major section 'Effects' subsection 'Human impact' bullet point 'Damage to critical infrastructure' sub bullet point is 'Water, power, swear and gas interruption'. 'swear' should be 'sewer'. 98.184.24.73 (talk) 01:55, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
Request to add the word 'seism' to the first line of Wikipedia's 'Earthquake' page
Latest comment: 1 month ago5 comments2 people in discussion
In today's Concise Crossword in the Sunday Times (which is published in the UK) the word 'seism' is given as the answer to the clue 'earthquake'. Hence I would like to be able to edit the first line of Wikipedia's page 'Earthquake' to read "... also called a quake, tremor, seism or temblor". However the page is semi-protected so I'm not allowed to do that edit. Could that edit please be done by someone who already has permission to do edits to Wikipedia's 'Earthquake' page? Or could I be given permission to do that edit, please? AnameisbutanameTalk 09:43, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Having discovered I'm an auto-confirmed user, I was able to add'seism' to the first line. Two sources confirm this usage: the UK's Sunday Times Concise Crossword gives it as the answer to the clue "Earthquake" and the DanWord website, which gives answers to crossword clues, states it as an answer in their results for the clue "Earthquake - crossword puzzle clues & answers".
I'm unsure that it's common enough to be included. Crosswords often use obscure words, so I'm not sure that helps. I've always been unsure about "temblor" as well, which is not in general global use. Mikenorton (talk) 13:35, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback. There is a separate Wikipedia page for 'Temblor'. It is headed "Temblor may refer to:" and goes on to include "Temblor, another name for earthquake". 'Temblor' is listed in my Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary as having been in use as a synonym for earthquake since 1896. As Webster's is an American English dictionary, I think "temblor" probably should stay in the 'Earthquake' page of Wiki English. However Webster's doesn't show 'seism' as a separate word, only as the prefix "seism-", so I think you're right and I'll now remove it from the text of the article. AnameisbutanameTalk 14:31, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, I'm aware that "temblor" has widespread usage in the US, just not most other places. I've not objected to it being in the opening sentence before, so I'll continue to live with it. Mikenorton (talk) 15:57, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
“Occurrence” section too jargony
Latest comment: 11 days ago3 comments3 people in discussion
As the title says, the "occurence" section of the article is difficult for those who are not experts or enthusiasts to understand. These concepts should be explained more thoroughly, and technical language shouldn't be used more than strictly necessary in my opinion. I don't have anything to say one way or the other about the accuracy of the content, as I'm not an expert. 98.113.136.162 (talk) 16:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
As far as I know, I'm responsible for large parts of that section and you're almost certainly right. At the time, as I recall, accuracy was the most important thing. I would be very happy to work with any other editors to improve the too technical parts. Mikenorton (talk) 17:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Intraplate earthquakes should be mentioned
Latest comment: 11 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion
There’s no explanation of how earthquakes can occur away from the tectonic fault lines. Seems like this article should have at least a mention of intraplate earthquakes? 75.80.55.152 (talk) 17:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
There certainly should be a mention, although virtually all earthquakes are caused by movement along tectonic faults, just not necessarily along tectonic plate boundaries. Any rewrite should include this. Mikenorton (talk) 17:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
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