Template:Did you know nominations/1931 Valentine earthquake
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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 00:29, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
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1931 Valentine earthquake
- ... that the 1931 Valentine earthquake was the strongest earthquake in recorded history to hit Texas? Source: Dumas, David B.; Dorman, H. James; Latham, Gary V. (August 1980). "A reevaluation of the August 16, 1931 Texas earthquake". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 70 (4): 1171–1180. doi:10.1785/BSSA0700041171.
Improved to Good Article status by TheAustinMan (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 14:27, 24 January 2023 (UTC).
The DOI link is dead, but I was able to find the source here. The article writes, "Estimates for its magnitude range between mb 5.6–6.4, making it the strongest earthquake in Texas on record."
The source itself is dated 1980 and predates other Texas earthquakes that have articles: 1995 Marathon earthquake and Oklahoma earthquake swarms (2009–present). Those two articles also listed magnitudes in a different scale (Mw), so I used the conversions here to confirm that the magnitudes of those earthquakes do not exceed mb 5.6–6.4. —Arsonal (talk + contribs)— 23:53, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
