<# .SYNOPSIS Lists major earthquakes .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script lists major earthquakes for the last 30 days. .PARAMETER minMagnitude Specifies the minimum magnitude to list (5.5 by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-earthquakes.ps1 Mag Location Depth Time UTC --- -------- ----- -------- 7.2 98 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 33 km 2023-07-16T06:48:22.606Z ... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([float]$minMagnitude=5.5) $Format="csv" # cap, csv, geojson, kml, kmlraw, quakeml, text, xml $OrderBy="magnitude" # time, time-asc, magnitude, magnitude-asc function ListEarthquakes { Write-Progress "Loading data from earthquake.usgs.gov..." $quakes = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=$Format&minmagnitude=$minMagnitude&orderby=$OrderBy" -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-CSV Write-Progress -completed "done." foreach($quake in $quakes) { [int]$depth = $quake.depth New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Mag=$quake.mag; Depth="$depth km"; Location=$quake.place; 'Time UTC'=$quake.time } } } try { ListEarthquakes | Format-Table -property @{e='Mag';width=5},@{e='Location';width=42},@{e='Depth';width=12},'Time UTC' exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }