obspy.core.event.read_events

read_events(pathname_or_url=None, format=None, **kwargs)

Read event files into an ObsPy Catalog object.

The read_events() function opens either one or multiple event files given via file name or URL using the pathname_or_url attribute.

Parameters

• pathname_or_url (str, pathlib.Path, or file-like object, optional) – String containing a file name or a URL, Path object, or an open file-like object. Wildcards are allowed for a file name. If this attribute is omitted, an example Catalog object will be returned.

• format (str) – Format of the file to read (e.g. "QUAKEML"). See the Supported Formats section below for a list of supported formats.

Return type

Catalog

Returns

An ObsPy Catalog object.

Supported Formats

Additional ObsPy modules extend the functionality of the read_events() function. The following table summarizes all known file formats currently supported by ObsPy.

Please refer to the Linked Function Call of each module for any extra options available at the import stage.

Format	Used Module	Linked Function Call
CMTSOLUTION	obspy.io.cmtsolution	obspy.io.cmtsolution.core._read_cmtsolution()
EVT	obspy.io.sh	obspy.io.sh.evt._read_evt()
FNETMT	obspy.io.nied	obspy.io.nied.fnetmt._read_fnetmt_catalog()
FOCMEC	obspy.io.focmec	obspy.io.focmec.core._read_focmec()
GSE2	obspy.io.gse2	obspy.io.gse2.bulletin._read_gse2()
HYPODDPHA	obspy.io.hypodd	obspy.io.hypodd.pha._read_pha()
IMS10BULLETIN	obspy.io.iaspei	obspy.io.iaspei.core._read_ims10_bulletin()
MCHEDR	obspy.io.pde	obspy.io.pde.mchedr._read_mchedr()
NDK	obspy.io.ndk	obspy.io.ndk.core._read_ndk()
NLLOC_HYP	obspy.io.nlloc	obspy.io.nlloc.core.read_nlloc_hyp()
NORDIC	obspy.io.nordic	obspy.io.nordic.core.read_nordic()
QUAKEML	obspy.io.quakeml	obspy.io.quakeml.core._read_quakeml()
SC3ML	obspy.io.seiscomp	obspy.io.seiscomp.event._read_sc3ml()
SCARDEC	obspy.io.scardec	obspy.io.scardec.core._read_scardec()
ZMAP	obspy.io.zmap	obspy.io.zmap.core._read_zmap()

Next to the read_events() function the write() method of the returned Catalog object can be used to export the data to the file system.