I tried to get all the mag 7+ earthquakes then realised I was excluding all the nuclear explosives. So I then tried all the <4.5M quakes plus the nuclear bangs:
Error 400: Bad Request
230715 matching events exceeds search limit of 20000. Modify the search to match fewer events.
Usage details are available from https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1
Request:
/fdsnws/event/1/query.csv?starttime=1945-01-01%2000:00:00&endtime=2017-06-20%2023:59:59&minmagnitude=4.5&eventtype=earthquake,nuclear%20explosion,nuclear_explosion&orderby=time-asc
Request Submitted:
2017-06-20T11:52:06+00:00
Service version:
1.5.8
So I will have to combine the two data sets before I can show you what I am after.
Back soon.
