changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / alert / description
Previous value: -"PAGER estimated impact alert level. Null when USGS ran no PAGER assessment, and always null for EMSC, which publishes no such field."New value: +"PAGER estimated impact; null without an assessment or for EMSC."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / auth / description
Previous value: -"Code of the agency or network the source names as authoritative for this solution, e.g. \"NEIC\", \"BMKG\", \"NDI\" from EMSC or \"us\", \"ci\", \"ak\" from USGS. Absent when the source reports none."New value: +"Authoritative agency/network code (EMSC auth or USGS net); absent if unpublished."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / cdi / description
Previous value: -"Maximum reported intensity (Community Decimal Intensity, 0–12 scale), derived from DYFI responses. Null when USGS computed no DYFI intensity, and always null for EMSC, which publishes no such field."New value: +"Maximum DYFI Community Decimal Intensity (0–12); null if uncomputed or unsupported (EMSC)."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / depth_km / description
Previous value: -"Hypocenter depth in kilometers. Shallow (<70 km), intermediate (70–300 km), or deep (>300 km). Null for historical events where depth was not measured."New value: +"Hypocenter depth in km; null if unmeasured."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / event_certainty / description
Previous value: -"How certain the source is of event_type: \"known\" (asserted), \"suspected\", \"unknown\", or \"unreported\". EMSC publishes this as the first character of its event-type code — a suspected explosion is not a confirmed one, and this is the only field that says so. Absent for USGS, which publishes no certainty axis, and absent for an EMSC code outside the published nomenclature."New value: +"EMSC classification certainty: known (asserted), suspected, unknown, or unreported. Suspected is not confirmed. Absent for USGS and unrecognized EMSC codes."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / event_type / description
Previous value: -"What kind of event this is, in one vocabulary whichever source served it — the QuakeML type names USGS publishes (\"earthquake\", \"quarry blast\", \"explosion\", \"ice quake\"). EMSC's two-character code is decoded to the same names, so the same event carries the same value from either source; how sure the source is rides on event_certainty instead. A code outside the published nomenclature is forwarded verbatim rather than guessed at. Not every record in either catalog is a tectonic earthquake. Absent when the source publishes no classification."New value: +"QuakeML classification (earthquake, quarry blast, explosion, etc.). EMSC codes decode to USGS names; unknown codes pass through verbatim. Certainty is separate. Absent if unpublished; either catalog includes non-tectonic events."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / felt / description
Previous value: -"Number of DYFI (Did You Feel It?) responses. Null when USGS has received no reports for the event, and always null for EMSC, which publishes no DYFI field — a null is not evidence the event went unfelt."New value: +"DYFI (Did You Feel It?) response count; null if no USGS reports or source has no DYFI (EMSC). Null does not mean unfelt."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / magnitude / description
Previous value: -"Preferred magnitude value. Null when no magnitude was computed for the event (the title renders it as \"M ?\")."New value: +"Preferred magnitude; null if not computed (title: \"M ?\")."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / mmi / description
Previous value: -"Maximum ShakeMap instrumental intensity (Modified Mercalli, 0–12 scale). Null when USGS produced no ShakeMap for the event, and always null for EMSC, which publishes no such field."New value: +"Maximum ShakeMap Modified Mercalli intensity (0–12); null without a ShakeMap or for EMSC."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / significance / description
Previous value: -"USGS significance score (0–2000+). Combines magnitude, felt reports, PAGER. Null when USGS computed no score, and always null for EMSC, which publishes no such field."New value: +"USGS significance (0–2000+), combining magnitude, felt reports and PAGER; null if uncomputed or for EMSC."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / source_catalog / description
Previous value: -"Upstream catalog this solution came from, e.g. \"EMSC-RTS\" (EMSC real-time seismicity, revised as analysis continues). Absent for USGS, which publishes no catalog identifier on event records."New value: +"Solution catalog, e.g. EMSC-RTS (real-time, subject to revision). Absent for USGS."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / status / description
Previous value: -"Human-review state: \"automatic\" (posted by automatic processing, not yet verified by a person), \"reviewed\" (examined by an analyst), or \"deleted\". Null when the source publishes no review status — EMSC does not, so treat an EMSC solution as unverified and subject to revision rather than final."New value: +"Review state: automatic (unverified), reviewed (analyst checked), or deleted. Null if unpublished (EMSC); such solutions remain unverified and subject to revision."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / title / description
Previous value: -"Human-readable event summary, e.g. \"M 6.0 - 13 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii\"."New value: +"Event summary, e.g. \"M 6.0 - Hawaii\"."
changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / tsunami / description
Previous value: -"USGS tsunami flag: 1 for large events in oceanic regions, 0 otherwise. It is not a warning — USGS states the flag does not indicate whether a tsunami did or will exist; check NOAA (tsunami.gov) for actual alert status. Null when the source publishes no such flag, as EMSC does not."New value: +"USGS tsunami flag: 1 for large oceanic events, 0 otherwise; null if unpublished (EMSC). Not a warning or evidence of a tsunami; check NOAA tsunami.gov for alerts."