NOAAdf: The NOAA Significant Earthquake Database

Description Usage Format Details 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

Variable definitions can be found here: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?&t=101650&s=225&d=225

Details

Please cite this database as: National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K

Source

https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1


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