A fact from 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 March 2018, and was viewed approximately 4,879 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Alaskans in coastal areas evacuated to higher ground where they waited to see if the 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake had caused a tsunami?
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Latest comment: 6 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Would it be more accurate to name this article 2018 Gulf of Alaska Earthquake? The article is stable, and notable. I'm just wondering if it couldn't have a more accurate name. Thanks. Juneau Mike (talk) 20:02, 27 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
Considering that Alaska has dozens of small earthquakes every day, and, it being only January, there will almost certainly be at least one more notable one this year, I wholeheartedly agree and will go ahead and move it now. I am also thinking we can pull a WP:DYK out of this. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:11, 27 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
As you can see the DYK finally happened, and the page got almost 5,000 views while it was on the front page. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:13, 15 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
