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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)[reply]

We do have Simple Wikipedia/Earthquake. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:06, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Oof. I see what you me about accuracy. The jargon makes it so much easier to be concise and correct at the same time. But this section definitely needs to be made more approachable. I’m also interested in working on it, but may not have the time for a while. Elriana (talk) 09:59, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

भूकम्पको कारणले हुने प्रभावहरू लेख। भूकम्प आँउदा कसरी आफ्नो सुरक्षा गर्नु पर्छ? 2409:4061:8E8C:E628:7EF:48C2:AFDD:B309 (talk) 11:49, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Try earthquake preparedness. Mikenorton (talk) 12:09, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.hko.gov.hk 海嘯沉積物研究亦透露了過去幾千年的地震歷史，顯示大約每300至600年會發生一次規模相當於寶永地震的海嘯

• 2001年11月14日青海昆仑山地区发生8.1级大地震
• 1976年7月28日，河北唐山、丰南一带发生7．8级的地震。造成24．2万人死亡，重伤16．4万人
• 1950年8月15日，西藏察隅县发生震级8.5级的强烈地震。震中烈度12度，死亡近4000人
• 1927年5月23日，甘肃古浪发生震级8级的地震。震中烈度11度，震源深度12公里，死亡4万余人
• 1920年12月16日，宁夏海原县发生震级8.5级的地震。震中烈度12度，震源深度17公里，死亡24万人，毁城4座，数十座县城遭受破坏
• 1833年9月6日，云南嵩明发生地震。震级估计为8级，震中烈度达Ⅺ度，破坏范围半径达260公里
• 1999年9月21日台湾花莲西南发生7.2级地震

不前往圈注发生过8级以上地震省：

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cansshuck (talk • contribs) 21:01, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not clear what changes you are suggesting. Mikenorton (talk) 08:25, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Try translating it to English. ~2025-43053-85 (talk) 14:34, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This is the English wikipedia. The person requesting the change should translate it to english before posting, not expect english wikipedia editors to do so for them. Common courtesy.

They cut & pasted from the destination site while providing only the top-level URL, requiring searching around on the site to find the source of the info. I gave up; I have better things to do.

As well, this user was blocked from the english wikipedia and the chinese wikipedia the same day this was posted, for "Long term abuse", which suggests it's a sockpuppet account.

Sending volunteers on a wild goose chase isn't productive, or civil. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 19:01, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Earthquake and tsunami has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 2 § Earthquake and tsunami until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 02:15, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The statement "Significant historical earthquakes include the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake in China, with over 100,000 fatalities, and the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile, the largest ever recorded at 9.5 magnitude." should be changed to "Significant historical earthquakes include the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in China, with 242,469-779,000 fatalities, and the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile, the largest ever recorded at 9.5 magnitude." because it obviously has a higher death toll than the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, there were also indirect deaths in the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake but they don't count here. ~2025-43053-85 (talk) 14:39, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It used that statement when the text was added in early 2024 using a death toll for the Shaanxi earthquake of 830,000, which is now not generally accepted. I've changed the text to use the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, using the figure of >300,000 used in that article. Thanks for pointing that out. Mikenorton (talk) 22:47, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Agree that this change makes sense, I originally edited the 1556 earthquake statement to reflect the more accurate casualty figure (830,000 was the number that dropped from official records in the region including emigrants and those that died in the following famines, not the number of fatalities directly attributable to the earthquake), but replacing with a more recent event with a higher number of casualties makes sense. EditorOnOccasion (talk) 13:15, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]