This dataset, chile_earthquakes_tbl_df, is a tibble containing information about significant (perceptible) earthquakes that occurred in Chile from January 1st, 2012 to the present. The data was originally compiled by the Centro Sismológico Nacional (Chile) and was published on Kaggle by Nicolás González Muñoz. The dataset includes 4,018 observations and 5 variables, capturing relevant geophysical characteristics such as the date and time of occurrence, geographic coordinates, depth, and magnitude of each seismic event.
Usage
data(chile_earthquakes_tbl_df)Format
A tibble with 4,018 observations and 5 variables:
- Date(UTC)
Timestamp of the earthquake in UTC (POSIXct)
- Latitude
Latitude coordinate of the event (numeric)
- Longitude
Longitude coordinate of the event (numeric)
- Depth
Depth in kilometers (numeric)
- Magnitude
Richter magnitude of the earthquake (numeric)
Source
Data taken from Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/nicolasgonzalezmunoz/earthquakes-on-chile
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'chile_earthquakes_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the ChileDataAPI package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble (a modern data frame). The original content has not been modified in any way. Variable names and values are in English, as originally provided by the source.