A fact from 1992 St. George earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's
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Article is new enough and long enough. I am not sure if the earthquake occurred near the
Hurricane Fault (as the source seems to imply) or on the fault as the article says. I think that the sentence supported by #3 would be better sourced to #1. A contemporaneous report from the journal Arizona Geology reported Mw5.5 from the University of Arizona and Mw5.9 from the USGS. needs sourcing. AGFing on #2 and #6. Perhaps the hook would be better worded as "... that the 1992 St. George earthquake did more damage outside of
St. George?". Didn't notice any copyvio or plagiarism. QPQ is OK and sources look reliable to me.
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Jo-Jo Eumerus: I've fixed the wording for the first item. I added #1 as a source to the only sentence with #3 as a source. I see no issue with using multiple sources there. I added the source for the third item. It looks like I had simply forgotten to copy it over. I'm fine with the wording either way. If you want to list it as an ALT, we can then use it. ···
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