Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Mariana Islands 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. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:06, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2007 Mariana Islands 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 WP:EVENT and our own notability guidelines because of the following concerns:

Low intensity – IV (Light)
No injuries or deaths
Minimal coverage from the scientific community (not finding any dedicated papers)
Not listed on the NGDC's significant earthquake database
Fails multiple aspects of WP:EVENT

No lasting effects
No depth of coverage

There are destructive events in Guam, and we do have one article, but this one doesn't quite make the cut. It also does not qualify to be on the list so redirecting is not an option. The USGS entry for the event tells us that it happened and that the intensity was IV (Light) but nothing more. This was a felt event only:

M 7.2 - Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands – United States Geological Survey

Dawnseeker2000 16:00, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - completely unremarkable event. WikiProject Earthquakes making the right call.Glendoremus (talk) 04:50, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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.