PowerShell/docs/list-earthquakes.md
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Script: *list-earthquakes.ps1*
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This PowerShell script lists major earthquakes with magnitude >= 6.0 for the last 30 days.
Parameters
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```powershell
PS> ./list-earthquakes.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```
Example
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```powershell
PS> ./list-earthquakes.ps1
Mag Location Depth Time
--- -------- ----- ----
7.2 98 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 33 km 2023-07-16T06:48:22.606Z
...
```
Notes
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Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
Related Links
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https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
Script Content
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```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Lists major earthquakes
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script lists major earthquakes with magnitude >= 6.0 for the last 30 days.
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./list-earthquakes.ps1
Mag Location Depth Time
--- -------- ----- ----
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
#>
$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
}
```
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