Talk:Earthquake

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Proposed merge of Seismicity into Earthquake

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2023

change "He also used earthquakes to punish and inflict fear upon people as revenge" to "He also used earthquakes to punish and inflict fear upon humanity as revenge." 2001:F40:983:BF49:4368:2221:FEC1:FA7 (talk) 03:28, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: In Greek mythology, these actions by Poseidon were hardly aimed at (or affected) humanity as a whole. Actualcpscm (talk) 12:11, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 July 2023

Earthquake us a sudden releaseof energy 103.218.237.250 (talk) 06:59, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 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. Paper9oll (🔔📝) 09:24, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2023

Kritiraj1977 (talk) 07:16, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

https://techyidiot.com/news-earthquake-today-3-november-2023-important-lessons-needs-to-learned-from-the-earthquake/

 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)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 13 January 2024

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)[reply]

 Done Dawnseeker2000 01:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request to add the word 'seism' to the first line of Wikipedia's 'Earthquake' page

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)[reply]

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".
AnameisbutanameTalk 12:45, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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 Wikipedia. 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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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