Talk:2007 Peru earthquake

message: Why has this been unredirected? The other article has more information, a name that is uniform with the Manual of Style. T Rex | talk 02:01, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The other article is highly incorrect, factually. The factual problems lead to an incorrect title. There has been one major earthquake. -- Cyrius|✎ 02:06, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: Should be put on the front page as it looks to be a big event, could even develop into something even bigger if a tsunami occurs.
:Well... a tsunami is probably not going to happen. But yes, this should probably make it to the Main Page if we can get this article developed a bit more. -- tariqabjotu 02:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How much bigger should the article be for it to be mentioned on the main page? --​​​​D​​tbohrer​​​​talk•contribs 02:32, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Front Page

message: I'm trying to have a link thespanish article. I don't see the language in the left hand side?
--alfiboy 02:55, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  language 

message: Who is changing my posts?
Im peruvian... And I did post the references. www.elcomercioperu.com. Thats the most important newspaper un peru.
Dont change it!
:The link you provided was in Spanish, I can't verify it what it says, I don't speak Spanish. Can you provide link to an English version (then I wouldn't have a problem with it)? --​​​​D​​tbohrer​​​​talk•contribs 04:26, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Its title: "Death toll rises to 48, 350 injured due to 7.9-magnitude quake". Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 04:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  And it keeps increasing. Now the number of deaths is about 115 and 1300 injured. Alexander 10:15, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Still doesn't feel right. Won't touch it for now. --​​​​D​​tbohrer​​​​talk•contribs 04:39, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Added a language parameter to that ref stating its in Spanish. I'm satisfied. --​​​​D​​tbohrer​​​​talk•contribs 04:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  48 Dead 350 Injured 

message: Is this 6.3 earthquake http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007gcb7.php an aftershock or no? T Rex | talk 06:02, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 6.3

message: Merge this article with the Peru article. 65.173.104.223 07:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: Calling this the 2007 Peru earthquake is actually betting there won't be any more. If there are no more, then of course the page could be moved back. Anynobody 08:14, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: When it happens, then we can consider the issue. For now, it seems senseless to speculate. El_C 08:29, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename [[August 2007 Peru earthquake]] pending 2008 

message: According to a person being interviewed by BBC News 24, a smaller magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit the region around Lima about 3 weeks ago.  It wasn't reported much in the North American or European media except for a small mention in the New York Post.  Can anyone confirm this or provide a link to a source?  87.113.72.158 10:22, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup. USGS source here. Josh 20:13, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preceeded by smaller quake? 

message: Wikipedia currently says the hypocentre is 47km, while Wikinews says 31km.  Which is correct? NerdyNSK 10:45, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  hypocentre 

message: According to the AP via Yahoo! News as of 6:48 CST, the death toll is up to 337 :( Here is the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/peru_quake
I think we should update this number.
Sky News is now reporting at least 500 dead. No proper confirmation of that figure though as of yet. RapidR 18:22, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death Toll 

message: What on earth is a 10 inch tsunami? It barely classifies as a wave - I don't think that really makes much sense, unless I'm missing some basic geography here. Kilbosh 15:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The place where the 10 inch wave happened does not get high waves at all. This wave was big enough to go over the beach and flood a nearby road, covering it with debris. Lizzyp4 15:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tsunami

message: Some people have reported this event happening during the earthquake. It's not verifiable but there is a video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNy6YQB8nnw which supposedly has footage of the lights. They're visible somewhere around the 48 second mark. --Zeph1 16 August 2007 (UTC)
How interesting that someone mentions this.
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/6949537.stm
According to Bronwyn Davis: "What was even more frightening was the roar of the quake coupled with the sky lighting up."
I myself live in Lima, and remember the earthquake clearly. I was in the Surco district, at the time, but I don't remember any lights. Then again, I wasn't looking at the sky.
--kenohki 18:29, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Earthquake Lights" 

message: In giving measurements in both metric and Imperial units, this article sometimes has the metric measurement first (followed by the Imperial measurement in parentheses), and sometimes the Imperial measurement first (followed by the metric measurement in parentheses).  Does Wikipedia have a policy or guideline for consistency in this regard? -- Wavelength 18:02, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The metric system is used in Peru so the metric should be first with the Imperial units in parentheses. See WP:UNITS for more info. T Rex | talk 00:40, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. -- Wavelength 04:57, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Measurements (metric and Imperial) 

message: Someone recently added a link to Charity Navigator which is an organization which evaluates U.S. based charities. While that does seem like a good source the adding of charity links reminds me of the situation that happened at the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake article when that event was happening that some people began adding links to fraudulent charities to try and profit off of that tragedy. So I am just posting this as a reminder to people editing this article that if you see any external links to charitable organizations which seem suspicious immediately remove it from the article and bring it up here. Thank you.--Jersey Devil 23:54, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I just revereted a couple of dubious links. --Pleasantville 19:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charity Links 

message: Is there anybody from Peru that could go to Ica and take some pictures there, we have nothing yet.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.230.93.230 (talk) 23:27:58, August 19, 2007 (UTC) 
:a bit from the US DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/newsphoto.aspx?newsphotoid=9455 --83.131.192.197 15:00, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Photo is pretty good. Wouldn't mind it on the article. Though we should be careful with DoD photos because their purpose is usually to emphasize the U.S. response rather then photos purely to show the devastation of the earthquake. But then again public domain photos are hard to come by.--Jersey Devil 20:54, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

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thread_title:  Dead link 

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