Historic quakes in text list form.

[paulearle]

It would be nice to see a list of the historic quakes. Will Yeck @wyeck-usgs wrote python code that accesses the ComCat APIs and generates a list of the info we use for response (example below). This list is useful for us because it lists all mags published by NEIC and includes NEIC's macro seismic comment. It also has hyperlinks back to the individual events. The draw back is that it is SLOW because it has to download a lot of info to parse out what is shown. We can share this code if interested.

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6. M6.1 2015-04-24 03:36:42 UTC, 42.060 S, 173.007 E, depth 48 km
   55 km distance from this event
   292 degrees azimuth from this event
   mb 6.0 (us), Mww 6.1 (us), Mwb 5.9 (us), Mwr 6.0 (us), Mwc 6.0 (gcmt), Ms_20 5.6 (us)
   USGS Event Page
   Felt (IV) at Wellington and (III) at Christchurch. Also felt at Blenheim, Cheviot, Dunedin, Kaiapoi, Kapiti, Lower Hutt, Nelson, New Plymouth and Takaka.

7. M6.5 2013-08-16 02:31:05 UTC, 41.734 S, 174.152 E, depth 8 km
   72 km distance from this event
   37 degrees azimuth from this event
   mb 6.0 (NA), Ms_20 6.9 (NA), Mwc 6.5 (NA), Mwb 6.5 (NA), Mwc 6.6 (us_gcmt), Mww 6.5 (NA), ML 6.6 (us_wel)
   USGS Event Page

8. M6.5 2013-07-21 05:09:31 UTC, 41.704 S, 174.337 E, depth 17 km
   84 km distance from this event
   44 degrees azimuth from this event
   Mww 6.5 (US), Mb 6.1 (US), Ms 6.7 (US), Mwc 6.4 (US), Me 6.9 (US), Mwb 6.4 (US), Mwc 6.5 (GCMT)
   USGS Event Page
   Four people injured in Wellington and one in Kapiti. Minor damage to 35 buildings in Wellington and one wharf collapsed. Localized power outages due to downed power lines and reports of broken water mains. Felt (VI) at Upper Hutt; (IV) at Feilding, Nelson and Wellington. Also felt at Auckland, Hamilton, Hastings, Kapiti, Levin, Marton, Masterton, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Picton, Raglan, Takaka, Te Awamutu and Upper Harbour.

9. M6.0 1992-05-27 22:30:35 UTC, 41.616 S, 173.727 E, depth 85 km
   71 km distance from this event
   6 degrees azimuth from this event
   Mb 5.8 (US), Mwb 6.0 (US), Mw 5.9 (HRV)
   USGS Event Page
   Slight damage (VI) at Nelson, South Island and Wellington, North Island. Felt strongly in central New Zealand and as far away as Auckland and Dunedin.

10. M6.0 1990-02-10 03:27:41 UTC, 42.343 S, 172.798 E, depth 10 km
    69 km distance from this event
    261 degrees azimuth from this event
    Mb 6.0 (US), Ms 6.0 (US), Mw 6.0 (NC), Ml 6.0 (WEL)
    USGS Event Page
    Slight damage in Canterbury Province where seiches were observed on some lakes. Felt at Blenheim, Christchurch, Greymouth and Nelson. Also felt at Wellington and Wanganui, North Island.

[baagaard-usgs]

Scott added distance from the mainshock and I just submitted pull request #13 to add the direction. Including the macro seismic comment would be nice for significant events. I will put the macro seismic comment on the list for possible inclusion in the future for significant earthquakes.

[paulearle]

awesome. thanks for considering my request.

[baagaard-usgs]

Something like this is available in PAGER [losspager.contents.json/historical_earthquakes.json]. It isn't clear how this feed determines what to provide. For an earthquake near Salinas, the feed includes the 1971 San Fernando and 1991 Sierra Madre earthquakes, but not the 2014 South Napa or 1989 Loma Prieta earthquakes.