Talk:February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake

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A fact from February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 April 2008, and was viewed approximately 669 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the February 4, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, in which nearly 4,000 people were killed and 15,000 homes destroyed, was also felt at Tashkent and Dushanbe?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/April.

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For a while there I was adding all the details that I could from the NGDC source, like literally scraping it for all it was worth. One of the things they do is list a damage description, with a numerical range of 0–4, with each level being assigned to a specific amount of financial losses. Anything over $25 million is considered Extreme. There's a column for it in the spreadsheet and web display. Sorry if there was any confusion over that. Dawnseeker2000 07:52, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Which plates?

The "Cause" section appears to be using Indian and Iranian plate interchangeably. That should be clarified. Angiest (talk) 05:06, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]