get_earthquake_data: Loads the NOAA's Significant Earthquake dataset.

In Cesar-Urteaga/rnoaa: Functions to get, clean, visualize, and analize the NOAA's quake database

Description

It reads the Significant Earthquake database from a plain file downloaded on September 10, 2017 from the NOAA's Webpage (i.e., no internet connection is needed); in case you want the latest information, you can use the download_earthquake_data function.

Usage

get_earthquake_data()

Details

This dataset contains information about destructive earthquakes from 2150 B.C. to the present that meet the following criterion: Moderate damage (approximately $1 million or more), 10 or more deaths, Magnitude 7.5 or greater, Modified Mercalli Intensity X or greater, or the earthquake generated a tsunami.

Please refer to this link for more information about the description of each variable.

Value

Returns a tibble object.

See Also

eq_clean_data and eq_location_clean for data tidying.

Examples

raw_data <- get_earthquake_data()

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