obspy.io.pde.mchedr._read_mchedr

_read_mchedr(filename)[source]

Reads a NEIC PDE mchedr (machine-readable Earthquake Data Report) file and returns a ObsPy Catalog object.

Warning

This function should NOT be called directly, it registers via the ObsPy read_events() function, call this instead.

Parameters: filename (str) – mchedr file to be read.
Return type: Catalog
Returns: An ObsPy Catalog object.

Example

>>> from obspy.core.event import read_events
>>> cat = read_events('/path/to/mchedr.dat')
>>> print(cat)
1 Event(s) in Catalog:
2012-01-01T05:27:55.980000Z | +31.456, +138.072 | 6.2  Mb