Talk:April 2011 Fukushima earthquake

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GA Review

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Reviewer: TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:11, 25 April 2011 (UTC) I will get to this in the next couple of days.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:11, 25 April 2011 (UTC) [reply]

Resolved comments from TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR)

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

P.S. Be forewarned that my initial reaction, without really looking at the article is that it can not be complete given the article length and the event recency. Look around at other earthquake articles to see what types of things might be desirable to add.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing! I've looked around at all the major sources on earthquakes (including Japanese ones), as well as multiple smaller ones. I can honestly say that what is written in the article is all there is to say about this quake. It wasn't that significant of a quake, but the impact is notable. Geologically, the article is complete; impact and aftermath-wise, there's not much else to write. I have based the article off of other smaller earthquake articles, such as this one or this one. As you can see, compared to the other quakes the earthquake/geological info in the Fukushima quake article is pretty much complete; they were all relatively moderate earthquakes, with not much to write about geologically. The Fukushima quake resulted in limited damage, and most reports (both Japanese and English) cover the same occurrences. The Pichilemu and Chino Hills articles include an aftershock section, which is understandable considering the magnitude and/or amount of shocks reported. Of the 11 shocks registered, the strongest for the Fukushima quake registered at a magnitude of 5.5, which is very common in Japan, and with no impact reported this shuts off the possibility for a separate aftershock section. Then, there's the reaction/response section, which I could include, but it'd be quite small. Either way, I'll try to accumulate some information for this, and I'll add that to the article. The lack of tsunami waves also results in much less to write about, since tsunamis add a lot of information to earthquake articles. I hope this makes enough sense ★ Auree (talk) 17:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~A line should be added to {{2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami}} for its aftershocks.~~
- Not sure about this one, but I did what I think is right. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~Also the LEAD should describe this as the 2nd major aftershock.~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:45, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Technically, this wasn't a major aftershock (major is described as magnitude 7.0+), but I did do something of the sort. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~Why isn't {{2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami}} in this article?~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:13, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Added. ★ Auree (talk) 01:12, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~You might want to note that this was the largest aftershock with a land-based epicenter to the LEAD.~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:15, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Noted. ★ Auree (talk) 01:12, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Earthquake

~~Please remove redundant links.~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:50, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Removed whatever I could remove. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Please recheck. The first two links in the main body are redundant with the WP:LEAD.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:14, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - I know it's habitual to wikilink magnitude in its first occurrence in the main body, as well as in the first lede sentence. I removed the second link, as well as two other redundant wikilinks. ★ Auree (talk) 23:57, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~Is there an explanation for the lowering from 7.1 to 6.6?~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:54, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Nope. Just updated data and newer estimates, I guess. I changed it to "but was later revised," hoping that sounds better. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~Why does only one of the three 7.0 aftershocks have an article. (probably should be redlinks in both templates that should be on this page.~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:54, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Can't help you there on that one. I do know that only this quake and the Miyagi quake, which I also wrote, were the only aftershocks with a notable impact and casualties. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Do you know enough to put this aftershock in the context of the three 7.0s. I.e., when and where were all of the three 7.0s?
    - All three of the magnitude 7.0+ aftershocks occurred undersea, with only one of them (the Miyagi quake) directly affecting land. I'm not sure about the relevance more elaboration on the other aftershocks would hold to this article, though; I'd consider it unnecessary digression from the main subject. ★ Auree (talk) 23:57, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      - You have already set up the fact that there where non-land aftershocks by saying it was the 2nd largest to affect land. You could have a statement in the main body saying just what you said above. "All three of the magnitude 7.0+ aftershocks occurred undersea, with only one of them (the Miyagi quake) directly affecting land." Follow that with text saying this was the largest, however, that had an epicenter on land. That is VERY encyclopedic content.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:10, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        Sorry, I misunderstood at first. Good idea, I'll work something out ★ Auree (talk) 00:45, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Damage and casualties

~~link runway.~~
- Done. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~Do we have numbers for "Initially, four people were estimated to be trapped, but officials later reported more victims."~~
- Nope. Sources state that an "unknown number of people were trapped," with the updated amount of victims not reported. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Response

~~Why are boats safer at sea during a tsunami.~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:02, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll figure some way out to explain this concisely. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

General comments

~~Can you tell us how far away Tokyo, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and the March earthquake epicenter were from this epicenter.~~
- I'm not sure how relevant this would be. I'll add the Tokyo distance in somewhere, but no guarantees on sources for the other two. ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - You have two precise epicenters. You should be able to determine a distance between them. Once you learn how to do that, you should be able to get a price long and lat for the nuclear plant and do the same.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:03, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Added distances to the main body of the article. ★ Auree (talk) 12:45, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      - Do you have a source for the power plant distance. If necessary cite three sources (each location, and maybe a webpage that gives you distances between two points)--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        Added a source for the power plant and quake epicentre coordinates; I think it's alright this way. ★ Auree (talk) 14:51, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note the above concern would not be necessary if the main image had a key noting the distance of each ring in miles or KM.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:54, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Don't want it to get too cluttered in there ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - A key describing ring distance or general scale would be very helpful to the reader. It would not be considered clutter.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:28, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Not striking but not required by WP:WIAGA, so we'll let it slide.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:05, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~See if WP has articles on the specific train lines that were halted, especially the one mentioned here that sounds like a major one.~~
- Okay ★ Auree (talk) 20:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Kind of wish we had more detail on this, but I don't know how much more info is on WP about Japanese train lines.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:02, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~This one has precise times of power outages.~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:15, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- It only includes the duration of the outage, from immediately after the quake (5:06) till 6:15 (within 50 minutes, which is mentioned in the article). ★ Auree (talk) 20:20, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - - There is no reason not to give the reader the precise times that we have.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:06, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      - What happened with this.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:59, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        Done. ★ Auree (talk) 20:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~The refs should not have All Caps in general. Please use normal capitalization.~~--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:36, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Consider it done. ★ Auree (talk) 01:12, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've applied all changes to the best of my ability. Thanks for your suggestions – they were very helpful to the article ★ Auree (talk) 20:34, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Anything else that needs fixing specifically? ★ Auree (talk) 18:55, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I feel we have made this article much closer to what WP:WIAGA instructs and am going to pass this article now.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:48, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Thank you for reviewing; I hope to work with you again in the near future. ★ Auree (talk) 07:36, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The coordinates for the epicenter of this quake are wrong the real ones are: 38.297°N, 142.372°E Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0001xgp.php DrBob127 (talk) Sorry, I take that back ... ignore me DrBob127 (talk)

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