earthquakes {MESS} | R Documentation |
Earthquakes in 2015
Description
Information on earthquakes worldwide in 2015 with a magnitude greater than 3 on the Richter scale. The variables are just a subset of the variables available at the source
Format
A data frame with 19777 observations on the following 22 variables.
- time
a factor with time of the earthquake
latitude
a numeric vector giving the decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes
longitude
a numeric vector giving the decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes
depth
Depth of the event in kilometers
mag
The magnitude for the event
place
a factor giving a textual description of named geographic region near to the event.
type
a factor with levels
earthquake
mining explosion
rock burst
Source
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards
Examples
data(earthquakes)
with(earthquakes, place[which.max(mag)])
[Package MESS version 0.5.12 Index]