Earthquake

Context

This data set is taken from USGS(U.S Geological Survey). The USGS provides reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life.

As part of it's program, USGS monitors and reports on earthquakes, assesses earthquake impacts and hazards, and conducts targeted research on the causes and effects of earthquakes. The USGS provides real-time notifications, feeds and web services about earthquakes just after they happen. Further details can be found in the link below,

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/

Content

The data set contains details of all earthquakes that have happened in the last 30 days and is updated every 15 mins in the USGS website. I have uploaded this data set with update settings to weekly levels. The data dictionary.

Below are the fields included in the CSV format:
time- Time when the event occurred.
latitude
longitude
depth
mag
magType
nst
gap
dmin
rms
net
id
updated
place
type
locationSource
magSource
horizontalError
depthError
magError
magNst
status

Acknowledgements

Real Time Feeds(Spreadsheet format): courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Department of the Interior/USGS

https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits