The USGS is responsible for providing scientific data about natural hazards, the health of our ecosystems and environment; and the impacts of climate and land-use change. Their scientists develop new methods and tools to supply timely, relevant, and useful information about the Earth and its processes.
The USGS provides earthquake data in a number of different formats, updated every 5 minutes. Visit the USGS GeoJSON Feed
I created visualisations using Javascript & Leaflet for all earthquake data in the 7 days. API link will update automatically so html will update whenever USGS does (Every 5 minutes).
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Import & Visualize the Data
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I created a map using Leaflet that plots all of the earthquakes from the data set based on their longitude and latitude.
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Data markers reflect the magnitude of the earthquake in their size and color. Earthquakes with higher magnitudes are appear larger and darker in color.
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I included popups that provide additional information about the earthquake when a marker is clicked.
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I create a legend that will provide context for your map data.
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