The 2,569 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more recorded between 2016 and 2025 in southern South America (latitudes 20°S to 56°S, longitudes 76°W to 52°W). Earthquakes get deeper from west to east, following the Nazca plate as it sinks under South America.
Format
An sf object with 2,569 points and 6 columns:
- id
USGS event id.
- date
Date (UTC).
- magnitude
Magnitude.
- depth
Depth in kilometres.
- place
Description of the location, as given by the USGS.
- geometry
Epicentre (WGS 84).
Source
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Catalog, public domain, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/.