Template:Did you know nominations/1920 Xalapa earthquake

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The result was: promoted by Rlink2 (talk) 00:36, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

1920 Xalapa earthquake

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• ... that the first scientific study of aftershocks following a destructive earthquake was undertaken after the 1920 Xalapa earthquake? Source: [1]
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  • Comment: QPQ not required since this is my third DYK nomination. Full text can be found on ResearchGate.

Improved to Good Article status by Dora the Axe-plorer (talk). Self-nominated at 01:28, 31 October 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Dora the Axe-plorer: Good article. Going to approve in good faith due to foreign language sources. Onegreatjoke (talk) 13:10, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

• The source says "probably the first aftershock study", but the hook assert this as a known fact. I think we need to tweak the wording in the hook. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:06, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
  • ALT blurb 1 ... that the first probable scientific study of aftershocks following a destructive earthquake was undertaken after the 1920 Xalapa earthquake?

Proposed the alt blurb. Will change the article as well.Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 00:03, 3 November 2022 (UTC)