Find the maximum magnitude and coordinates

Answers UCL-RITS#12

week04/quakes.py

@@ -2,18 +2,45 @@
 
 # At the top of the file, import any libraries you will use.
 # import ...
+import requests
 
 # If you want, you can define some functions to help organise your code.
 # def helper_function(argument_1, argument_2):
 #   ...
+quakes = requests.get("http://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query.geojson",
+                       params={
+                           'starttime': "2000-01-01",
+                           "maxlatitude": "58.723",
+                           "minlatitude": "50.008",
+                           "maxlongitude": "1.67",
+                           "minlongitude": "-9.756",
+                           "minmagnitude": "1",
+                           "endtime": "2018-10-11",
+                           "orderby": "time-asc"}
+                       )
+f = open("quakes.txt", "a")
+f.write(quakes.text)
+f.close()
 
+import json
+with open('quakes.txt', 'r') as source:
+         quakes_dict = json.loads(source.read())
+with open('Data.json','w') as output2:
+     json.dump(quakes_dict,output2)
 # When you run the file, it should print out the location and magnitude
 # of the biggest earthquake.
 # You can run the file with `python quakes.py` from this directory.
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # ...do things here to find the results...
-
+N = len(quakes_dict['features'])
+mag = quakes_dict['features'][0]['properties']['mag']
+coord = []
+for key in range(0,N):
+    mag_new = quakes_dict['features'][key]['properties']['mag']
+    if mag_new > mag:
+        mag = mag_new
+        coord = quakes_dict['features'][key]['geometry']['coordinates']
     # The lines below assume that the results are stored in variables
     # named max_magnitude and coords, but you can change that.
-    print(f"The maximum magnitude is {max_magnitude} "
-          f"and it occured at coordinates {coords}.")
+print('The maximum magnitude is ', mag,' and it occured at coordinates ',coord)
+