1968 Illinois earthquake

largest recorded earthquake in the U.S. state of Illinois
Event earthquake Q3270942
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1968 Illinois earthquake

Summary

1968 Illinois earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1968 Illinois earthquake is located in Illinois[3].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake is in the country of United States[4].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's image is recorded as 1968 Illinois earthquake.svg[5].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's instance of is recorded as earthquake[6].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's instance of is recorded as natural disaster[7].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's instance of is recorded as disaster[8].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's location is recorded as Midwestern United States[9].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's Commons category is recorded as 1968 Illinois earthquake[10].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's point in time is recorded as +1968-11-09T00:00:00Z[11].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.95, 'lon': -88.48}[12].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y65xv[13].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's spoken text audio is recorded as 1968 Illinois earthquake.ogg[14].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[15].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+5.3'}[16].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's USGS earthquake ID is recorded as ushis3024[17].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+19'}[18].
  • 1968 Illinois earthquake's ISC event ID is recorded as 814965[19].

Why It Matters

1968 Illinois earthquake ranks in the top 8% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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