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Comment I'm inclined to say that this one is more notable than most, it being in the 7.0-7.9 range and generating tsunami warnings, and being a fairly significant shake even in an earthquake-prone location like Japan. Overall, however, I'd prefer that these be grouped into pages specific to the region. I think that by now, the earthquake contributors have learned that when one treats big news and little news as all being equal, articles about the really notable quakes are difficult to find. Mandsford14:21, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If there was a list of earthquakes article to redirect this to, fine by me. But as it stands, simply reaching a specific number doesn't make it as notable to me as say a lesser strength one that had more of an impact. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:19, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake and also caused minor damage and a tsunami, albeit a small one. Justmeagain83 (talk) 05:52, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Earthquakes are geological phenomena regardless of their effect on human events, so the size is relevant. The proposal of Earthquake notability[1] was a good one, except that at magnitude 5.0, it set the boundary much lower than people would support. 7.0 on the other hand is clearly enough---there are only 18 or so a year at that level. I think it is good to have objective criteria in fields where that is possible, instead of relying on the chances of sourcing. DGG ( talk ) 01:08, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Unlike DGG, I think that the earthquake's effect on humans is not only relevant, but the critical question; indeed, outside of geologists, the human impact is all that matters to us, the rest is almanac information (the USGS has most of this info anyway). There's no need for pages on every incident, and the notability paradigm that says otherwise has the burden of explaining why that is. This is a good example. Shadowjams (talk) 08:27, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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