eq_data: NOAA earthquake data

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Description

A sample dataset containing the locations and information of earthquakes from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Significant Earthquake Database. It contains information on destructive earthquakes since 2150 B.C. which meet at least one of the following criteria: (i) moderate damage ($1 million or more), (ii) 10 or more deaths, (iii) magnitude 7.5+, (iv) modified Mercally Intensity X or greate or (iv) generated a tsunami.

Usage

eq_data

Format

A data frame with 5945 rows and 9 variables:

YEAR

Year of the earthquake

MONTH

Month of the earthquake

DAY

Day of the earthquake

COUNTRY

Country where the earthquake happened

LOCATION_NAME

Name of the location of the earthquake

LATITUDE

Latitude of the epicenter of the earthquake

LONGITUDE

Longitude of the epicenter of the earthquake

EQ_PRIMARY

Magnitude of the earthquake, based on Richter scale

TOTAL_DEATHS

Number of deaths as a result of the earthquake

Details

National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA.

Source

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

rafaelcb/NOAA documentation built on May 9, 2019, 1:16 p.m.