get_eq_data: Get significant earthquake data

In RedTent/earthquakeJT: Process and visualize NOAA Earthquake Data - Mastering Software Development in R Capstone

Description

Retrieve the significant earthquake database from the NOAA website.

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

• the earthquake generated a tsunami.

The database should be reference to as: National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K

More information can be found at the NOAA website

Usage

get_eq_data()

Value

Returns a dataframe with earthquake data

Examples

## Not run: 

data <- get_eq_data()

## End(Not run)

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