earthquakes: NOAA Significant Earthquake Database

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A dataset from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 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.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 6045 rows and 47 variables. Please see variable definitions here.

Source

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


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