earthquakes {usmap}

Earthquakes (2019)

Description

US earthquakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or greater, occurring in the first half of 2019, from January 1 to June 30, from USGS.

The data is formatted for transforming with usmap_transform(). Once the longitude and latitude is transformed, it can be added to plot_usmap() using ggplot2::ggplot() layers.

Usage

data(earthquakes)

Format

A data frame with 2254 rows and 3 variables.

Details

• lon The longitude of the earthquake's location.

• lat The latitude of the earthquake's location.

• mag The magnitude of the earthquake.

References

• https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/earthquakes

• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/