Talk:List of earthquakes in 2020
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Foreshock/mainshock v. Doublet edit
Many earthquakes occur as clusters that do not follow the archetypal sequence of foreshocks-mainshock-aftershocks. Two earthquakes with very similar epicentres, focal mechanisms and magnitudes are regarded as doublets. Felzer et al. (2004) in their study state "all clustered earthquakes that are within 0.4 magnitude units of each other are classified as doublets". Using that cut-off the recent Iran–Turkey earthquakes are a doublet, rather than foreshock-mainshock and should not be reported as such. Mikenorton (talk) 23:43, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
Wikilinks in death toll and magnitude sections edit
Does it make sense to include links in by death toll and by magnitude sections? Like this:
By death toll edit
| Rank | Death toll | Magnitude | Location | MMI | Depth (km) | Date | Wikilink |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41 | 6.7 |  Turkey, Elazığ
|
IX (Violent) | 10.0 | January 24 | 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes |
| 2 | 10 | 5.8 |  Iran, West Azerbaijan
|
VII (Very strong) | 10.0 | February 23 | 2020 Iran–Turkey earthquakes |
Listed are earthquakes with at least 10 dead.
By magnitude edit
| Rank | Magnitude | Death toll | Location | MMI | Depth (km) | Date | Wikilink |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.7 | 0 |  Jamaica, Hanover offshore
|
VI (Strong) | 14.9 | January 28 | 2020 Caribbean earthquake |
| 2 | 7.5 | 0 |  Russia, Kuril Islands offshore
|
V (Moderate) | 56.7 | March 25 | 2020 Kuril Islands earthquake |
| 3 | 7.0 | 0 | Russia, Kuril Islands offshore
|
VI (Strong) | 144.0 | February 13 | - |
Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.
Sometimes the link is included in the location but not really visible plus doesn't make sense. to click on location to find the quake link. Thanks for feedbacks. Wykx (talk) 22:50, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
June 23, 2020 Mexico earthquake. edit
I have a source that says 7.44.--83.73.199.185 (talk) 23:29, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
2020 Shumagin Earthquake edit
The earthquake that occurred south of the Alaska Peninsula should have a page dedicated to itself. It is the largest earthquake in the world so far and did cause some damage in Alaska. It ruptured the lower section of the Shumagin Gap of the Aleutian Subduction Zone. It is necessary that this earthquake have its own page, for this reason. Obviously, more research must be done into this earthquake, as it is incredibly under-researched, as evidenced by the lack of information in Wikipedia about it. Webecoolalasdair (talk) 19:25, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
Fixing the table edit
| Magnitude | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0–9.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7.0–7.9 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 6.0–6.9 | 151 | 187 | 117 | 123 | 143 | 127 | 131 | 104 | 118 | 135 | 74 |
| 5.0–5.9 | 2,220 | 2,486 | 1,546 | 1,460 | 1,580 | 1,413 | 1,550 | 1,447 | 1,671 | 1,484 | 875 |
| 4.0–4.9 | 10,138 | 13,129 | 10,955 | 11,877 | 15,817 | 13,777 | 13,700 | 11,544 | 12,782 | 11,897 | 7,964 |
| Total | 12,536 | 15,822 | 12,635 | 13,480 | 17,552 | 15,336 | 15,397 | 13,102 | 14,589 | 13,530 | 8,921 |
This is an updated table that is more accurate than the one on the article. However, I did discover that 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018 & 2019 don't match up, as the Total on the website doesn't match up with individual magnitude ranges. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
- I just checked the individual figures for 2010 and the total and they all check out with the numbers given in the USGS catalog search. It's probably something that we just have to live with. Mikenorton (talk) 19:30, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
References
- ^ "USGS Real-time Earthquake Map with exact dates and live earthquake reports". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ "Earthquake Statistics". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
"Draft:2020 Alaska Earthquake" listed at Redirects for discussion edit
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Draft:2020 Alaska Earthquake. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 August 28#Draft:2020 Alaska Earthquake until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. CaptainGalaxy 11:27, 28 August 2020 (UTC)