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Place names

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Many place names in Hawaii are duplicated. I fixed several of the links to point to what I think are the correct ones. For example, the Keauhou is the one now abandoned in Volcanoes National Park, not the one on the west coast. And of course Punaluʻu is the beach nearby, not on Oʻahu. W Nowicki (talk) 22:49, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for that. I'll check for any others. Mikenorton (talk) 22:53, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another nit: the USGS (otherwise a good source) mis-spelled Keaīwa as Keiawa. The original documents generally use Keaiva or Keaiwa, and GNIS has Keaīwa. I will also add the notable person who lived there and generated some of the reports. W Nowicki (talk) 20:54, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Number of casualties

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The article gives a possible range for the number of casualties (31-77), which is the sum of the number of casualties from the landslide (31) and the tsunami (46). Why the range, instead of giving the number of casualties as 77? Renerpho (talk) 13:09, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Aftershocks continue to the present day? Unreachabke source

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There is a statement in the first paragraph that aftershocks continue to the present day. The source is unreachable and i doubt is reliable. It does not make sense that aftershocks continue 100 years after the quake. People who claim that need to learn how to read the formulas. Andru nl (talk) 09:01, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I've reverted your edit but removed the dead URL, as the full text can be accessed through the doi link. If you still find this source unacceptable after reading the paper, then let's discuss it here. Mikenorton (talk) 21:02, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]