Talk:2009 Fiordland earthquake

2009 Fiordland earthquake is currently an Earth sciences good article nominee. Nominated by ―Panamitsu (talk) at 04:51, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

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A fact from 2009 Fiordland earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 July 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that New Zealand moved 30 centimetres (12 in) closer to Australia during a recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake?

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Untitled[edit]

Blimey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Satirical Platypus (talk • contribs) 02:51, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Australia affected?[edit]

There were tsunami warnings and evacuations for Australia, but as there were no tsunami and the earthquake did not 'quake' Australia, should it really be listed as one of the countries affected? Adabow (talk) 10:03, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aftershocks[edit]

I don't think we need a section on aftershocks. This data could be summarised, either verbally or as a graph and/or map. See 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake's section for an example. Adabow (talk) 10:06, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Terminology[edit]

This was not the "largest New Zealand earthquake", etc, but the "strongest", surely! Also, it was not a "magnitude 7.8 earthquake" but an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Moment magnitude scale. There are other scales.203.184.41.226 (talk) 07:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 31 May 2024[edit]

It has been proposed in this section that 2009 Fiordland earthquake be renamed and moved to 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake.

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2009 Fiordland earthquake → 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake – 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake appears to be the common name.

Looking at Google Scholar:

"2009 Dusky Sound earthquake" has 51 results
"2009 Fiordland earthquake" has 21 results

GeoNet uses Dusky Sound

~~Media appears to be split between the two.~~ ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:31, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By the seventh day of opening this proposal you could just move to the new title (or ask at WP:RM) per WP:SILENCE. Given the low-profile of the topic and absence of discussions, I don't forsee any strong oppositions. It'll make the GA nomination smoother unless the reviewer decides to pitch in, Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 05:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - earthquake seems to be more commonly referred to as the Dusky Sound earthquake than Fiordland more broadly. Turnagra (talk) 21:43, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]