<# .SYNOPSIS Lists major earthquakes .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script lists major earthquakes with magnitude >= 6.0 for the last 30 days. .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-earthquakes .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> $Format="csv" # cap, csv, geojson, kml, kmlraw, quakeml, text, xml $MinMagnitude=5.7 $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 foreach ($Quake in $Quakes) { [int]$Depth = $Quake.depth New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Mag=$Quake.mag; Depth="$Depth km"; Location=$Quake.place; Time=$Quake.time } } Write-Progress -completed "Loading finished." } try { ListEarthquakes | Format-Table -property @{e='Mag';width=5},@{e='Location';width=42},@{e='Depth';width=12},Time exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }