quakes: NOAA Significant Earthquakes

Description Usage Format Source

Description

"The Significant Earthquake Database contains information on destructive earthquakes from 2150 B.C. to the present that meet at least one of the following criteria: 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."

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Format

A data frame of 5934 observations of 47 variables. For variable definitions please see the "Event Variable Definitions" link at the url below. These data were pulled on April 1, 2017; see source for any updated data after this date.

Source

National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1


DYZI/Earthquake documentation built on May 7, 2019, 6:54 p.m.