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A fact from 1947 Wisconsin earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a 1947 earthquake in the U.S. state of Wisconsin was strong enough to break a seismograph at Marquette University?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/May.

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What's a "secular" kilometer? Zian (talk) 06:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should We Include This Link?

Thank-You for changing the TIME this earthquake struck! Now I was about to delete this entire entry and thought the actual link to the UW Milwaukee "Event Page" thing might be useful on the front page since Wikipedia does sometimes give a link to a page dedicated to a subject, and just thought UW Milwaukee seemed reliable/knowledgable? Here is UW Milwaukee version of story: http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/geosciences/seismic_center/mke_quakes/19470506.cfm Thank-You, again!!! Lesbrown99 (talk) 00:54, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AM vs. PM

While the first source in the article describe the earthquake happening in the AM, local newspapers from the time period report it happening in the PM. See the May 6, 1947 issue of the Milwaukee Journal, "Shock Widely Felt Throughout County, Lasts Split Second", where it is described as happening at 3:27 PM. huntertur (talk) 16:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]