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Welcome to WikiProject Earthquakes, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving the coverage of earthquake-related articles. This WikiProject aims to enhance information on earthquakes, aftershocks, seismology, seismologists, tectonic plates, and related articles. For more information on WikiProjects in general, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects.

Scope

All articles about earthquakes, aftershocks, seismology, seismologists, plate tectonics, and related articles. Earthquake impact on structures is covered in earthquake engineering. Please feel free to join the project and expand its scope in any necessary directions.

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User Areas of interest Comments
Ceranthor (talk · contribs) Interested in all earthquakes, especially 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and more. Featured 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake, and GA'd many more. Creator of project; willing to answer questions / help!
Volcanoguy (talk · contribs) Interested in volcanic and tectonic earthquake zones in Canada, especially the Anahim hotspot and the 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake.
Tenmei (talk · contribs) Interested in earthquakes and associated tsunami in Japan.
RapidR (talk · contribs) Have a general interest in earthquakes that occur around the world, though I am most interested in topics related to California and the UK.
TheFEARgod (talk · contribs) Interested in all notable earthquakes Initial creator of the Template:Earthquake
Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) *Former member *Former member
Editorofthewiki (talk · contribs) Interested in somewhat major 20th century earthquakes in developing countries. Created 1992 Nicaragua earthquake page, a GA. Am willing to help if you need a map of an earthquake.
AstroHurricane001 (talk · contribs) Main interests: Updating and improving new information on recent earthquakes. Frequently updated new earthquake information, inculding aftershocks and death toll, added the image for 2008 El Calvario earthquake and improved the article, done some earthquake-related updating and template creation on interwikis.
Michael93555 (talk · contribs) Earthquakes in California Created: Earthquakes in California, List of 2004-2009 earthquakes and Historical Earthquakes.
Mikenorton (talk · contribs) Interested in the underlying causes and mechanics of earthquakes Created Focal mechanism and Supershear earthquake pages
RyRy (talk · contribs) Mostly baseball. But for earthquake related things, mostly earthquakes that have a lot of history to them. I mostly would like to create new earthquake related articles, and then nominate them for WP:DYK at Template talk:DYK. If you need any earthquake that you think has a lot of history to it, ask me to create it. Or of you want me to review an article for DYK, you may ask me also.
Haha169 (talk · contribs) 2008 Sichuan earthquake and working on writing/saving 2008 Chino Hills earthquake. Although I'm not a contributor to any other quake articles, feel free to ask me to leave a peer review or other "PR" type things, and I'll be happy to do so. Nominated 2008 Sichuan earthquake at WP:GAN, successfully promoted and became the fourth Earthquake GA.
MChew (talk · contribs) Will start work on earhquakes and other natural disasters of pre-1945 Japan
Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk · contribs) Interested in all significant earthquakes. Created articles like February 4, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, May 30, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, 1999 Chamoli earthquake, 1997 Jabalpur earthquake, 2003 Boumerdès earthquake all appeared in the DYK section in main page.
zeizmic (talk · contribs) Back after several years, will clean up references and citations. Also have to clear up my user name, which has been hijacked
madhero88 (talk · contribs) I can create maps please use my talk page to request a map for your Earthquake}}
Iceseismic (talk · contribs) Active in seismology research, will help out where I can
Secret Saturdays (talk · contribs) I was always interested in earthquakes.
Ismail Valiyev (talk · contribs) Short-term earthquake predictions Created Global Network for the Forecasting of Earthquakes
All2341 (talk · contribs) ------ ------
Kbm19 (talk · contribs) general earthquakes, regional tectonics and large scale seismology will help where i can
Andromedabluesphere440 (talk · contribs) More major and recent earthquakes (eg, 2011 New Zealand) Not always around this WikiProject.
Av9 (talk · contribs) Interested in earthquakes and plate tectonics in general Created 2010 Sumatra earthquake and 2010 Honshu earthquake
Mithril712 (talk · contribs) Recent Earthquakes and the work of the USGS. Keeping an eye on Earthquakes in 2010, updating where necessary.
Bobby122 (talk · contribs) Will help to work on any article. Keeping an eye on any article that needs attention.
Diego Grez (talk · contribs) Interested on Chile earthquakes. Have one 'quake GA (2010 Pichilemu earthquake). How can I help you?
Koman90 (talk · contribs) California Earthquakes, Relating to the San Andres fault or related fault lines California Resident, Computer Systems Administrator
Alan Kafka (talk · contribs) Seismology and Earthquake Hazards Primary Interests: Intraplate Earthquakes, Earthquake Forecasting and Prediction, Educational Seismology, Science and Public Policy, Earth and Environmental Sciences
myaliasisFred (talk · contribs) Interested in earthquakes generally, but European and Middle-Eastern ones more than others.
MaxWyss (talk · contribs) Expert in earthquake prediction, seismic risk, earthquake source properties, seismo-tectonics, crustal deformation, tsunami. Interested in high quality writing for the public, explaining technical topics. Served as chairman of IASPEI's sub-commission on earthquake prediction, as state seismologist of Alaska, edited several books on earthquake related research, taught seismology for 20 years.
★ Auree talk Enjoy writing about geophysics and seismic activity. Have created three earthquake articles so far, and have contributed significantly to several other geology-related articles (2011 Lorca earthquake, Idosawa Fault).
Hurricanefan25 tropical cyclone 16:38, 20 July 2011 (UTC) Mainly recent earthquakes, such as the 2011 Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan earthquake.
Bruvtakesover (talk · contribs) Love writing about earthquakes, mainly recent ones and updating lists.
Rifled (talk · contribs) Mostly recent ones and major ones (eg, 2011 Christchurch earthquake)
Dawnseeker2000 (talk · contribs) Developing some of the articles that are thin on content or sources. Historical earthquakes are fun to work on too I have no formal training in geology so my prose is limited to a "just the facts" style of writing. But finding sources for these articles is satisfying also.

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Portal

The portal department attempts to serve as a nexus for all earthquakes-related Wikipedia material.

Recognized content

Below are listed the highest article content ratings for WikiProject Earthquakes articles. Featured content, the highest rating, is considered brilliant and results from much toil. Next to each article are listed the primary contributors.

Featured articles

1949 Ambato earthquake (brought up to FA level by Ceranthor)
1968 Illinois earthquake (brought up to FA level by Ceranthor, with prose help from several others
1997 Qayen earthquake (brought up to FA level by Ceranthor with help from various people. Thanks!)
2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (brought to FA level by Editorofthewiki, with copyediting help from Ceranthor)
2007–2008 Nazko earthquakes (brought up to FA level by Volcanoguy)

Good Articles

1755 Cape Ann Earthquake (brought up to GA level by Geraldk)
1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake (brought up to GA level by Ceranthor)
1916 Irondale earthquake (brought up to GA level by Ceranthor)
1970 Tonghai earthquake (brought up to GA level by Editorofthewiki and Rjanag)
1980 Azores Islands earthquake (brought up to GA level by Ceranthor)
1992 Nicaragua earthquake (brought to GA level by Editorofthewiki)
2005 Qeshm earthquake (brought up to GA level by Ceranthor)
2008 Bandar Abbas earthquake (brought up to GA level by Ceranthor)
2008 Chino Hills earthquake (brought up to GA level by Haha169)
2008 Sichuan earthquake (brought up to GA level by Haha169)
2010 Haiti earthquake (brought up to GA level by multiple editors)
2010 Pichilemu earthquake (brought up to GA level by Diego Grez)
2011 Fukushima earthquake (brought up to GA level by Auree)
Anahim hotspot (brought up to GA level by Black Tusk)

Other Featured Content Portal:Earth sciences

Featured pictures

As of March 2011, a total of six featured pictures have been given a WikiProject Earthquakes notice. Generally, featured pictures are of high-quality and among the most encyclopedic images Wikipedia has to offer.



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Assessment

In order to easily identify articles in need of attention, the assessment department have been implemented. These are generated using the optional class and importance parameters in the {{WP Earthquakes}} project banner on an article's talk page:

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Articles for deletion
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New articles this month

DYKs this month

The following articles appeared on the Did you know section in the main page in 01, 2012:

See the DYK subpage for more information.

Collaboration of the month

The current COTM is to get the 2011 Yunnan earthquake article to at least B-Class article-class. In particular, this article requires an expanded damage and casualties section, as well as the addition of a concise, albeit small, geology section.

Open tasks

Feel free to add on to this "to-do" list

Barnstar

WikiProject Earthquakes now has its own barnstar! Just use {{Earthquakes Barnstar|reason ~~~~}}! Designed by LordSunday

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FA Taskforce

This WikiProject has started a task force of users with experience in featured article promotions. Please contact Ceranthor for any additional information.

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  • Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
  • Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
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