Quake Project
Global earthquake update using google maps to display earthquakes by location and magnitude.
Sources
Source for earthquake information:
usgs GeoJSON file: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/2.5_week.geojsonp
Source for map api:
Google Maps API documentation: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/earthquakes
Source for live news feed:
News API: https://newsapi.org/ query = earthquake
Links featured on page
Earthquake : https://www.ready.gov/earthquakes
Earthquake hazards Program: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn
Emergency Management:http://www.seattle.gov/emergency-management/hazards/earthquake
Earthquake 3d: http://www.wolton.net/quake.html
Built with
Built with visual stuidos, Github, Google API, USGS GeoJSON file & newsAPI
Website Features
-Earthquakes appear on map as circular markers
-Raidus of markers corresponds with the magnitude of the earthquake
-Search filters allow you to search map by magnitude, location, and radius and zoom accordingly to show earthquakes
-Earthquake markers respond to click event by showing infowindow and printing information about the earthquake stored in geoJSOn file
-Search filters tell you how many earthquakes happened in a given location (US state or country)
-Some search filters trigger "earthquake" animation on site if function finds earthquakes in the location
Credits:
Google Maps API documentation: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/earthquakes
News API: https://newsapi.org/
Stack Overflow
W3 Schools (CSS shaking animation) https://www.w3schools.com/
John Cocos-Code Fellows instructor
Amanada Iverson--Code Fellows instructor
Cat Looper--Code Fellows TA
Hannah Sindorf --Code Fellows TA