Talk:2016 Fukushima earthquake

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Move request[edit]

November 2016 Fukushima earthquake > 2016 Namie earthquake

Since that Namie was the closest place to the earthquake. ∼∼∼∼ Eric0928^Talk 22:29, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support because that helps with disambiguation. --Itu (talk) 22:44, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. Namie seems to be very small. This issue could probably use the input of the membership of Wikipedia:WikiProject Earthquakes. Brianga (talk) 03:22, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The 2008 Chino Hills earthquake might has well been called the "2008 Los Angeles earthquake", how large is large enough? also, Fukushima is a landlocked city, nearly 50 miles from the coast where the earthquake happened. ∼∼∼∼ Eric0928^Talk 14:11, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Should the Chicxulub crater be called the Progreso crater? I can't even find Chicxulub on Google Maps! ∼∼∼∼ Eric0928^Talk 14:18, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think we need to find out what they are calling it in Japan. I'm not really finding any information for that. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:43, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

sources, data[edit]

USGS: us10007b88 6.9 mwb , 11.4 km depth
geofon: gfz2016wxkb: 6.9 (Mw)
Japan meteorological agency JMA: 7.3
- all shocks

Later differing numbers via abc.net.au --Itu (talk) 06:49, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

messing around data still occuring[edit]

Worth to point at Talk:2016_Kaikoura_earthquake#Random_mess_with_all_data_-_a_rant. --Itu (talk) 06:48, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Magnitude Type[edit]

6.9 mwb is what USGS writes. This got revertet to (M_wb) many times because "every other earthquake article anywhere" is said to have this similar. This looks to be like original search and against sources. --Itu (talk) 01:28, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

All articles on Wikipedia conform to the standard used here. Please take it up with WikiProject Earthquakes if you want to initiate a project-wide change. Dustin (talk) 01:36, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hm. Thats an external site. Can you point me to a wikipedia:page where standards are described? --Itu (talk) 01:52, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

PS: And can you point me to any (M_wb) in that external page? I cannot find something so far. So this looks like just some random page and completely pointless to me. --Itu (talk) 01:59, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please see this page on the USGS site. "Mwb" is a specific notation for "Mw based on moment tensor inversion of long-period (~10 - 100 s) body-waves (P- and SH)." ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:19, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that helpful link. --Itu (talk) 04:10, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that back in 2016 we did not have any WP standard for labeling or formatting earthquake magnitude scales, let alone any kind of conformance. However, times change. We now have Template:M, which implements a consistent style of labeling for various magnitude scales that is conformable with most common styles. ♦ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 23:24, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Meteor[edit]

@BrayLockBoy: I have removed the following from the article as it doesn't seem relevant:

Shortly after the earthquake ceased, a bolide meteorite was observed in the skies over Fukushima.^[1] Some have speculated the meteor to be connected to similar bolide sightings in Florida and Spain that occurred around the same time.

If you disagree, feel free to discuss it here. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:31, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Two extremely bright fireballs over Spain within 12 hours – Meteor after Fukushima earthquake – Giant ball of fire in Florida". Strange Sounds. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

Sendai is not a ward[edit]

The section named 'Tsunami' says "at the Sendai ward of Miyagi Prefecture". However, Sendai is a city, not a ward. Carl Carlson (talk) 11:39, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Two extremely bright fireballs over Spain within 12 hours – Meteor after Fukushima earthquake – Giant ball of fire in Florida". Strange Sounds. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

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