PowerShell/scripts/list-earthquakes.ps1
2024-05-14 15:50:59 +02:00

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<#
.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
}