major_earthquakes
Major Earthquakes.
Description
Select set of major earthquakes from 1900 to 1999.
Usage
major_earthquakes
Format
A data frame with 123 rows and 7 variables.
- year
Year the earthquake took place.
- month
Month the earthquake took place.
- day
Day the earthquake took place
- intensity_richter
Strength of earthquake using the Richter Scale.
- area
City or geographic location of earthquakes.
- region
Country or countries if the earthquake occured on a border.
- deaths
Approximate number of deaths caused by earthquake
Source
World Almanac and Book of Facts: 2011