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I cannot find anything notable about this series of earthquakes that warrants a standalone article at this moment. Low-magnitude seismic swarms are common but they don't have any lasting notability. Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 06:27, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added merge tag to article. I support a merge(even that possibly not because barely any damage) to List of earthquakes in 2025 because there doesn't appear to be severe damage or injuries/fatalities. I doubt there will be LASTING coverage. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 22:11, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Difficult to say. Impacts are low. Though this is not a Low-magnitude swarm anymore. For a swarm the Magnitudes are rather large and the entire swarm is huge (and already started in January). It does get a large international media coverage. Lasting Impacts? Probably no, but there are a lot of Wikipedia Articles about Events without notable lasting impact i guess.

When looking at the seismograms you can see that the ammount of Quakes is that huge, that below ca. M3.5 they can´t even get recorded because before one stops the next starts. Which also explains what people experience there: an ongoing contiuous rumble. We possibly talk about thousands of felt Quakes per Day. (Via Guttenberg-Richter, Monday should have had ~2000 felt ones.) 185.13.31.131 (talk) 06:42, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The goal here is to avoid standalone articles without lasting/notable impact. The contents could be moved into another related article, whichever way best suits the situation, but a standalone shouldn't exist. Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 10:02, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No redirect 178.214.249.134 (talk) 14:54, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Quake1234 @Borgenland both of you have been quite active in earthquake discussions (and edited this article quite a lot), so I'm surprised you haven't said anything. Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 15:26, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you have a valid point but at the same time I believe it could have some lasting. For now I'd prefer to see how much juice I can put into this article before things become clearer. Borgenland (talk) 15:35, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Earthquake swarms and volcanic unrest do happen, but few of them have lasting impact on human life. Like the Ethiopian unrest, I'm skeptical about the topic lasting. I find that the subject is appealing to the anticipation of a nonexistent threat we percieve is going to happen, and given the history of notable disasters in the area, it easily feeds that idea. Perhaps I myself has fallen down the idea that I expect something worse to happen so I've overlooked the actual impact of the swarm, though trying to assess this objectively I struggle to get any encyclopediac value.

Perhaps rather than redirecting to the list, transfer the contents to Santorini or Kolumbo if appropriate. topic seems notable but not to the extent it warrants article imo Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 15:57, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In any case I would not object if a decision is made to redirect this anytime. Borgenland (talk) 16:02, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with @Borgenland Quake1234 (talk) 16:27, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In its size this Swarm seems larger to me than others. I cannot think of a similar swarm with such a high Number of Events (Yesterday alone had 1 M5, 23 M4, ~250 M3 which all have been felt on nearby islands). I cannot think of any other non-magmatic swarm with similar Numbers. The 2008 Reno Swarm was much weaker and has an article. From a scientific point of view the lasting impact exists. Its too early to know the cause of this Event. It is significant enough to trigger a lot of research (which has already started). For Population and infrastructure its more difficult to say. Damage is limited and the Population (ca. 2/3 of the Island) which has left will return eventually. Notable might be the installation of new seismometers in the region.

Moving it to Kolumbo (with a redirect from Santorini to Kolumbo?) sounds like an Option though. 185.13.31.131 (talk) 09:54, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would encourage content about scientific response and research development in the main volcano article in the future. Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 11:40, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support. There's nothing especially notable about this sequence so far, no damage nor casualties, no events over M5.3. Very prematurely made article, it could be warranted if larger damaging/deadly events start occurring or a volcanic eruption is triggered. MagikMan1337 (talk) 22:45, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support merge. Nothing so far seems to warrant a separate article. If an actual significant earthquake comes about from this swarm, then I may reconsider. Procyon117 (talk) 15:08, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect: premature is the right description. There's nothing encyclopedic yet. Dawnseeker2000 23:52, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]