R: Earthquakes of the Norwesth of the Iberian Peninsula
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Earthquakes of the Norwesth of the Iberian Peninsula
Description
This data set corresponds to the earthquakes occurred in the Norwesth of the
Iberian Peninsula, from 25/November/1924 to 31/July/2010. The area is limited
by the coordinates 41 N – 44 N and 6 W – 10 W, involving the autonomic region
of Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal.
Usage
data(nwip)
Format
A data frame with 3491 observations on the following 10 variables,
corresponding to the earthquake epicenters and time of ocurrence.
day
Day
month
Month
year
Year
hour
Hour
minute
Minute
second
second
latitude
Latitude in degrees
longitude
Longitude in degrees
depth
Depth in km
magnitude
Magnitude in Richter Scale
Source
The data catalogue has been obtained from the National Geographic Institute
(IGN) of Spain. The web page is www.ign.es.
References
Rueda, J., and J. Mezcua (2001) Sismicidad, sismotectonica y peligrosidad
sismica en Galicia, IGN Technical Publication 35.
Quintela-del-Rio, A. and Estevez-Perez, G. (2012)
Nonparametric Kernel Distribution Function Estimation with kerdiest:
An R Package for Bandwidth Choice and Applications,
Journal of Statistical Software50(8), pp. 1-21.
URL http://www.jstatsoft.org/v50/i08/.