I'm an avid python user. From time to time I'll post projects using my favorite packages Numpy, Scipy, pandas or ObsPy.
Plotting (small) Focal Mechanisms with Basemap
September 6, 2017
I recently wrote a field guide entry on the structure of the Snake River Canyon. I wanted to make a simple map displaying focal mechanisms of local earthquakes and to show that the mechanisms matched a previous cross-section. Usually, I would use ObspyDMT for such a task, but getting focal mechanisms data from the USGS for Mw < 4 earthquakes is quite difficult. Instead, I did some webscraping with beautiful soup.