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The article was promoted by Sarastro1 via FACBot (talk) 21:41, 27 February 2018 [1].

1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake[edit]

Nominator(s): ceranthor 22:53, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been a long work-in-progress. I recently expanded it a great deal, and it received an insightful peer review from Eddie891, FrB.TG, and Pseud 14 here. Besides one broken external link (waiting on the USGS to get back to me about restoring the page), I think this is ready. I look forward to feedback! ceranthor 22:53, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support I'm a simple person. I look for little in a article. Besides great quality, comprehensiveness, and good prose. Good work! Eddie891 Talk Work 22:57, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the support. ceranthor 00:31, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support by Wehwalt[edit]

Support an interesting article. I had never heard of it. Just a few comments.

  • "According to a report in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, the frequency between earthquakes within the state is between 40 and 45 years.[11] " do they give a lower limit on the Richter scale for this?
The article says "There were 2 moderately strong ones—on April 24, 1867, and January 7, 1906. A frequency plot reveals that a moderately strong earthquake occurs in the state approximately every 40 to 45 years." So it doesn't look like they explicitly define the limits. ceranthor 00:46, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I might find some way of conveying to the reader that minor quakes don't count.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:44, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I added "moderately strong". ceranthor 03:51, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • "interfered with the stability of " I might simplify to "otherwise damaged".
  • " newspaper cases" What is a newspaper case?--Wehwalt (talk) 23:29, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The source refers to "cases" that "shook in a newspaper room". I changed to "cases holding newspapers". ceranthor 00:39, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think I've encountered the term in connection with typesetting, which may or may not be relevant.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:44, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • "sunk by 10 degrees.[25]" can you clarify? Did it become tilted at 10 degrees? A whole acre?
Changed to "sunk by 10 degrees, forming a perpendicular wall tilted at 10 degrees on each of its sides." Source says "a whole acre sank 10', leaving a perpendicular wall of 10' on all sides." Could mean inches, I suppose? ceranthor 00:39, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That makes more sense. I was thinking that if an acre of land is flat but tilted at 10 degrees, one end is going to be at least 70 feet higher than the other.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:44, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
​A single quote (actually, a prime) means feet not inches Galobtter (pingó mió) 20:18, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks for the note. I'll fix that when I have a few minutes free - busy weekend! ceranthor 21:40, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reference 13 is missing its newspaper. I'd update the 2010 accessdates throughout.
Thanks for the support. I am working through your comments now. ceranthor 00:31, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Wehwalt: Everything that I didn't reply to should be addressed! ceranthor 00:46, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
OK, swell. Good job.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:44, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on prose per my peer review. FrB.TG (talk) 16:26, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the peer review, and for your support. ceranthor 22:11, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:38, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help. ceranthor 23:04, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per my comments at the peer review. --Pseud 14 (talk) 05:28, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Pseud. ceranthor 16:48, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Minor comment: Haven't read through the article, but happened to notice a sentence beginning with "Originating at 14:22 local time, or around 2:30 local time". Did you mean to say "Originating at 20:22 UTC, or around 2:30 local time"? --Usernameunique (talk) 22:29, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That seems like something I messed up. I will double check that now. ceranthor 22:40, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Usernameunique: I think I fixed this. Good catch! ceranthor 22:56, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good! --Usernameunique (talk) 23:05, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sources review[edit]

  • Ref 7: March 2 1867 – year should be 1987, surely?
  • Refs 13 & 15: require page numbers in lieu of links
  • Ref 26: is returning 404 error

Otherwise the sources are in good order and are of appropriate quality/reliability. Brianboulton (talk) 19:26, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Brianboulton, first two comments have been addressed. For the third, I'm assuming you mean ref 15 for the 404 error. I have contacted USGS about the page and am awaiting a response. If I don't hear within the next few days, I think I can pull the same info from other sources. Thanks for your comments. ceranthor 00:47, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I got my knickers in a twist – it was 13 and 26 that required page numbers (now supplied) and 15 that returns the 404 error. Brianboulton (talk) 18:46, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No worries - I understood your intention. Haven't heard from USGS yet, so I'll probably end up replacing ref 15. Will keep you posted. ceranthor 18:54, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Brianboulton: Replaced, as it appears the USGS site was taken directly from the existing Stover & Coffman 1993, p. 236 source. Should be taken care of, but please let me know if I missed anything else. ceranthor 03:17, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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