Template:Did you know nominations/1930 Bago earthquake
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The result was: promoted by Red-tailed hawk (talk) 16:15, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
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1930 Bago earthquake
- ... that the 1930 Bago earthquake was a 7.4 moment magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar, possibly killing up to 7,000 people? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1930/05/07/archives/5000-to-7000-killed-in-burmese-quake-tidal-wave-wrecks-port-rangoon.html (for the up to 7000 dead).
Improved to Good Article status by Dora the Axe-plorer (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 22:25, 3 January 2023 (UTC).
- Hi @Onegreatjoke:, thanks for nominating this for DYK. I thought of another hook that would be more interesting.
ALT1: ... that during the 1930 Bago earthquake, a witness observed surface waves propagating through a tennis court? Source: Coggin Brown (1932); Records of the Geological Survey of India Vol. LXV, Part 2; Page 221-270 (page 2 of PDF).
Would you like to consider this blurb instead? Thanks. Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 23:18, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Dora the Axe-plorer and Onegreatjoke (talk), review follows: article promoted to GA on 1 January; article is well written and cited inline throughout to what appear to be reliable sources; I don't have access to some of the sources but found no issue with overly close paraphrasing in a spotcheck; a QPQ has been carried out; hooks are both interesting enough for me; I added moment magnitude to the first hook as magnitude by itself is ambiguous; AGF on source for the magnitude, other facts check out to the sources cited. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 11:07, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
