R/earthquakes.R

In avidclam/msdr5: Visualization of NOAA's Significant Earthquake Database

#' NOAA Significant Earthquake Database
#'
#' 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.
#'
#' @format A data frame with 6045 rows and 47 variables.
#' Please see variable definitions
#' \href{https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?&t=101650&s=225&d=225}{here}.
#' @source <https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1>
"earthquakes"