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In [5]:

    
earthquake = {
      'rms': '1.85',
      'updated': '2014-06-11T05:22:21.596Z',
      'type': 'earthquake',
      'magType': 'mwp',
      'longitude': '-136.6561',
      'gap': '48',
      'depth': '10',
      'dmin': '0.811',
      'mag': '5.7',
      'time': '2014-06-04T11:58:58.200Z',
      'latitude': '59.0001',
      'place': '73km WSW of Haines, Alaska',
      'net': 'us',
      'nst': '',
      'id': 'usc000rauc'}

depth_to_words will describe the earthquake's depth



In [11]:

    
# Shallow earthquakes are between 0 and 70 km deep;
#intermediate earthquakes, 70 - 300 km deep; 
#and deep earthquakes, 300 - 700 km deep.

def depth_to_words(earthquake):
    depth = int(earthquake['depth'])
    if depth < 70:
        return("The earthquake was shallow")
    elif 70 < depth < 300:
        return("The earthquake was intermediate")
    elif 300 < depth < 700:
        return("The earthquak was deep")
    
    return print("The earthquake had a depth of", earthquake['depth'])

depth_to_words(earthquake)









    Out[11]:





'The earthquake was shallow'

magnitude_to_words will describe the earthquake's power

day_in_words should be the day of the week

time_in_words should be "morning", "afternoon", "evening" or "night"

date_in_words should be "Monthname day", e.g. "June 22"