import requests, time, datetime
import numpy as np, math
import pandas as pd
def get_eq(minx,maxx,miny,maxy):
today = datetime.datetime.now()
days = 7
start = today - datetime.timedelta(days=days)
req = 'https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws'
req+='/event/1/query.geojson?starttime=%s&endtime=%s'
req+='&minlatitude=%d&maxlatitude=%d&minlongitude=%d&maxlongitude=%d'
req+='&minmagnitude=3.0&orderby=time&limit=300'
req = req % (start.isoformat(), today.isoformat(),miny,maxy,minx,maxx)
qr = requests.get(req).json()
res = []
for i in range(len(qr['features'])):
lat = qr['features'][i]['geometry']['coordinates'][1]
lon = qr['features'][i]['geometry']['coordinates'][0]
rad = qr['features'][i]['geometry']['coordinates'][2]
d = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(qr['features'][i]['properties']['time']/1000.0)
s = np.float(qr['features'][i]['properties']['mag'])
diff = (d-start).days
res.append([d,s,lat,lon,rad,diff])
df = pd.DataFrame(res).sort_values(by=0)
df = df.set_index(0)
df.columns = ['mag','lat','lon','rad','ago']
return df