Focal mechanism

Focal mechanism - process that generates seismic waves in an earthquake. Article “Focal mechanism” in English Wikipedia has 40.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in Turkish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Focal mechanism”, its content was written by 39 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 142 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 260 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1382 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #119755 in June 2009
• Global: #31892 in July 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #154125 in December 2024
• Global: #124259 in March 2011

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Turkish (tr) Odak mekanizması		41.031
2	English (en) Focal mechanism		40.5364
3	Portuguese (pt) Mecanismo focal		40.2434
4	Korean (ko) 발진기구		35.0903
5	Indonesian (id) Mekanisme fokal		31.0859
6	Persian (fa) سازوکار کانونی		30.8118
7	German (de) Herdflächenlösung		30.3955
8	Finnish (fi) Fokusmekanismi		29.0825
9	Italian (it) Meccanismo focale		25.5534
10	Chinese (zh) 震源机制解		24.696

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Focal mechanism" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Focal mechanism		381 264
2	Japanese (ja) 発震機構		143 033
3	French (fr) Mécanisme au foyer		46 175
4	Chinese (zh) 震源机制解		37 455
5	German (de) Herdflächenlösung		33 847
6	Italian (it) Meccanismo focale		18 063
7	Persian (fa) سازوکار کانونی		5 684
8	Korean (ko) 발진기구		4 485
9	Serbian (sr) Фокални механизам		3 625
10	Turkish (tr) Odak mekanizması		2 483

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Focal mechanism" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Focal mechanism		1 517
2	Japanese (ja) 発震機構		377
3	Chinese (zh) 震源机制解		152
4	French (fr) Mécanisme au foyer		127
5	Italian (it) Meccanismo focale		88
6	Korean (ko) 발진기구		87
7	Turkish (tr) Odak mekanizması		53
8	German (de) Herdflächenlösung		52
9	Portuguese (pt) Mecanismo focal		40
10	Indonesian (id) Mekanisme fokal		39

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Focal mechanism" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Focal mechanism		39
2	French (fr) Mécanisme au foyer		20
3	German (de) Herdflächenlösung		19
4	Japanese (ja) 発震機構		17
5	Italian (it) Meccanismo focale		12
6	Korean (ko) 발진기구		8
7	Serbian (sr) Фокални механизам		5
8	Basque (eu) Mekanismo fokal		4
9	Finnish (fi) Fokusmekanismi		4
10	Chinese (zh) 震源机制解		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Focal mechanism" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Herdflächenlösung		0
2	Greek (el) Εστιακός μηχανισμός		0
3	English (en) Focal mechanism		0
4	Basque (eu) Mekanismo fokal		0
5	Persian (fa) سازوکار کانونی		0
6	Finnish (fi) Fokusmekanismi		0
7	French (fr) Mécanisme au foyer		0
8	Indonesian (id) Mekanisme fokal		0
9	Italian (it) Meccanismo focale		0
10	Japanese (ja) 発震機構		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Focal mechanism" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 発震機構		439
2	Korean (ko) 발진기구		402
3	English (en) Focal mechanism		260
4	Chinese (zh) 震源机制解		168
5	French (fr) Mécanisme au foyer		38
6	German (de) Herdflächenlösung		18
7	Persian (fa) سازوکار کانونی		15
8	Portuguese (pt) Mecanismo focal		10
9	Indonesian (id) Mekanisme fokal		9
10	Italian (it) Meccanismo focale		6

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#	Language	Value
de	German Herdflächenlösung
el	Greek Εστιακός μηχανισμός
en	English Focal mechanism
eu	Basque Mekanismo fokal
fa	Persian سازوکار کانونی
fi	Finnish Fokusmekanismi
fr	French Mécanisme au foyer
id	Indonesian Mekanisme fokal
it	Italian Meccanismo focale
ja	Japanese 発震機構
ko	Korean 발진기구
pt	Portuguese Mecanismo focal
sr	Serbian Фокални механизам
tr	Turkish Odak mekanizması
zh	Chinese 震源机制解

Best Rank

English: #154125 12.2024

Global: #124259 03.2011

Best Rank

English: #119755 06.2009

Global: #31892 07.2023

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