earthquakes


Information on earthquakes worldwide in 2015 with a magnitude greater than 3 on the Richteer scale. The variables are just a subset of the variables available at the source


datasets

A mixed collection of useful and semi-useful diverse
statistical functions, some of which may even be referenced in
The R Primer book.

Claus Ekstrm

MESS

Miscellaneous Esoteric Statistical Scripts

earthquakes function

A data frame with 19777 observations on the following 22 variables.
<dl>
<dt>time</dt><dd>a factor with time of the earthquake</dd> <dt><code>latitude</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector giving the decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes</dd> <dt><code>longitude</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector giving the decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes</dd> <dt><code>depth</code></dt><dd>Depth of the event in kilometers</dd> <dt><code>mag</code></dt><dd>The magnitude for the event</dd> <dt><code>place</code></dt><dd>a factor giving a textual description of named geographic region near to the event. </dd> <dt><code>type</code></dt><dd>a factor with levels <code>earthquake</code> <code>mining explosion</code> <code>rock burst</code></dd> </dl>

earthquakes: Earthquakes in 2015

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