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May 2009 Earthquakes

This is absolutely useless. Why is this here? Earthquakes happen all the time here, no big deal. I'd imagine the only reason someone put this nonsense here is because of the hype of the impending "Big One." Newsflash, the "Big One" was supposed to be here decades ago. My grandma told me that when she moved to California in 1964 that they were talking about it then, too.

Roswell created alien hype. Then the Commies were 'a coming. What the f*ck. Take this bull off.--GnarlyLikeWhoa (talk) 20:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not to mention, the earthquake did not occur in California. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.91.71 (talk) 07:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2010 Baja California earthquake

The earthquake's epicenter is in Mexico, however, because this was such a large quake so close to the border, and because there were aftershocks in California itself, I think the entry should be included on this list. Until there is a good reason stated otherwise, let's not delete it. Somnlaut (talk) 16:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The fault rupture looks like it just managed to extend into California, so it's very much a California earthquake as much as it is Mexico. RapidR (talk) 20:37, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If it is to be included then why does the list not include the 1892 earthquake that took place in the same region? The meaning of "in California" in the title isn't well-defined if we take it to indicate something beyond the location of the epicenter. 198.70.193.2 (talk) 22:40, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The earthquake hit California, even if the epicenter was outside the borders. If the 1892 earthquake was similar then let's include it too. Will Beback talk 22:54, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think I know enough to suggest a concrete set of guidelines, but perhaps any part of the "fault rupture" overlapping boundaries, beyond just the epicenter, would be a good criteria, since the shaking intensity seems to radiate outward from a line segment rather than a point. Another idea would be to include earthquakes which are felt above a certain intensity in the bounded region. It seems intuitive that earthquakes with a significant impact on the region should be included. If we know enough about the 1892 quake under this criteria, then I see no reason not to include it. Somnlaut (talk) 04:55, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and added the 1892 quake. Some research revealed that it was definitely in the same area and strongly felt in San Diego and Los Angeles. USGS calls it the Imperial Valley earthquake, which is the name I decided to keep, although this is at odds with SCEDC and a journal article associated with USGS which call it the 1892 Laguna Salada Earthquake. Interesting similarities between these quakes... Somnlaut (talk) 05:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Magnitude type not specified

The measurement system for Magnitude isn't specified here, so this column doesn't provide a useful or accurate comparison point for these quakes vs. any others.

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 :::I went ahead and added the 1892 quake. Some research revealed that it was definitely in the same area and strongly felt in San Diego and Los Angeles. USGS calls it the Imperial Valley earthquake, which is the name I decided to keep, although this is at odds with SCEDC and a journal article associated with USGS which call it the 1892 Laguna Salada Earthquake. Interesting similarities between these quakes... [[User:Somnlaut|Somnlaut]] ([[User talk:Somnlaut|talk]]) 05:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
+== Magnitude type not specified ==
+The measurement system for Magnitude isn't specified here, so this column doesn't provide a useful or accurate comparison point for these quakes vs. any others.