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Earthquakes Template‑class

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Map

I really don't see the reason to have an image description for a MAP. --TheFEARgod (Ч) 13:13, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

some extra bits

What about a couple of extra sections to the infobox. How bout the Coordinate details and the depth that the earthquake struck at? Both of these are already listed on any USGS earthquake report page. Nomadtales 00:51, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

done, you read my thoughts :) --TheFEARgod (Ч) 22:42, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Columns

How the heck do I make the right column wider than the left one? I want to do this so country names don't get wrapped. Lexicon (talk) 21:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Caption problem

Is there a way to make the caption of this template more center? When being used it seems to shift right of some reason and makes the infobox longer. Black Tusk (talk) 04:33, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Microformat and bot request

I have added the hCalendar [[microformat}} to this template and submitted this bot request:

For pages using {{Earthquake}}, convert dates (if after 1750AD) to use {{Start date}}, and change coordinates display parameters to |display=inline,title as in this edit. The former will make the date appear in the template's hCalendar microformat; the latter will make the articles appear in Google Earth/ Maps mashups.

Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 23:52, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Map2

Hello all. I added "map2" to allow for map templates to be used instead of images. Cheers - Gobeirne (talk) 18:25, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

1848 Marlborough New Zealand

1848 Marlborough earthquake
UTC time	??
Magnitude	Mw 7.5
Depth	shallow
Epicenter	Marlborough, South Island
Areas affected	New Zealand
Casualties	3 deaths

Damage to template

Beginning on Jan 20, User:Thumperward made a series of changes to this template that made all the bullseye maps disappear from all articles using the template. I reverted these changes given the high profiles of articles using these maps. The bulleye maps are still missing from many dozens of articles unless the code in each article is manually changed from Earthquake to Infobox earthquake. Abductive (reasoning) 16:39, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Category:Earthquake articles needing a picture

Can the template be altered so that it doesn't automatically put earthquake articles into this category? There are many such articles, most of them with pictures in the body of the page, so it really is unnecessary. See for instance discussion at Talk:2010 Haiti earthquake. Thanks, Mikenorton (talk) 08:41, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done --Pontificalibus (talk) 10:02, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Mikenorton (talk) 11:11, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Foreshocks

This template needs a field for foreshocks. 184.144.160.156 (talk) 06:20, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

AmE vs BrE, AuE, CanE spelling

The current location parameter defaults to the American spelling "Epicenter", which causes style inconsistencies for earthquake articles written in other variants of English ("Epicentre"). Any way to change this so that the user can choose between the spelling?

 Done. |engvar=en-UK will show "Epicentre". Same effect with |engvar=en-AU, en-CA. Intention: template should follow article WP:engvar spelling. -DePiep (talk) 16:50, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

ISO region, long and lat

The German template de:Vorlage:Infobox Erdbeben uses ISO region codes and long and lat in order to automatically provide a locator map. e.g. de:Erdbeben vor Sumatra 2012 is |Breitengrad = 2.348 |Region-ISO = XI |Längengrad = 93.072 XI brings in the locator map defined at de:Vorlage:Info ISO-3166-2:XI. Is "XI" in the region code spec? I tihnk this would useful to add to our template..? John Vandenberg 22:52, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

PGA parameter

Should be wikilinked in the infobox like this: ]. Wikilinking of g is not right per WP:EGG. GregorB (talk) 12:38, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Regularly occurring earthquakes

Tōkai earthquakes is using this template, but it seems to me that it's not semantically correct—it's a series of regularly occurring earthquakes, which makes the "date" field seem a little strange—shouldn't it be "frequency" or something? Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:13, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Magnitude notation

I propose an improvement on noting the magnitude(s). Background is that the magnitude is a well-defined physical quantity (SI even), and we could use that. At the moment, the notation is incorrect very often. First, I'll talk about Moment magnitude scale, or M_w, as this is the modern value used. Later it can be expanded to Richter and other magnitudes.

Physical quantity notation

A physical quantity is that something we try to measure, and is noted in this pattern:

physical quantity = number × unit

Instead of words, we can use symbols:

v = 10 km/h

Main takeaway: recognise the math pattern ("lefthand = righthand").

Some notes. It is a true mathematical formula, especially when using symbols. We are very familiar with seeing a 'unit symbol' "km/h", but the 'quantity symbol' "v" is more rare, because in reading we use "speed=..." and "the speed is ...". That is all fine and OK. The dimension of the quantity and of the unit are the same: "length/time". (we can convert the righthand value into another unit with the same dimension, like m/s).

Magnitude scale notation

First: Its quantity symbol is: M_w (capital M in italics, lowercase upright w subscripted). Therefor both name and this symbol belong in the lefthand side of the equasion. Second: it has no unit (the value is "dimensionless"). Or, mathematically: the unit is "1". (caveat: actually it has a unit with an energy-related dimension, a very complicated one, but by convention it is omitted). So we can write:

moment magnitude scale = number × 1

moment magnitude scale = number

We may replace the name with its symbol:

M_w = number

(wrong is: "moment magnitude scale = number × M_w": N: M_w is not the unit)

Infobox improvement

Instead of writing today's "Magnitude 8.3 M_w" in the infobox, we better write:

"Magnitude (M_w) 8.3".

Because this follows the main pattern: "Magnitude = number × unit".

Implementation

1. Add new parameter |magnitude Mw= to template.

2. Edit article to refine the input: change |magnitude=6.3 Mw into |magnitude Mw=6.3

3. In the infobox, show:

Note: As a style choice, I've linked the text, and unbolded the M_w.

4. To consider: extra automated checks on their usage (not used together).

5. Additional advantage: the editor does not need to enter the "M_w" (link) right. The infobox already has.

Other magnitude scales

For Richter magnitude scale and its quantity symbol M_L, similar. |magnitude Richter= or |magnitude ML= (todo: choose one). Similar for |max magnitude=.

Once the parameter(s) are added, each article should be revisited and the parameter edited, taking a good look.

Summary

1. Add |magnitude Mw= next to existing |magnitude=

Showing in infobox like:

Magnitude (M_w)    6.3

1. Edit articles (change parameter name and input when appropriate).
2. Add |magnitude ML=, similar (for Richter scale)

Comments? -DePiep (talk) 15:54, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

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