<div dir="ltr">We rely on the USGS Earthquake Realtime Feed (GeoJSON).<div><br></div><div>We have found an inconstancy in one of your latest products.</div><div><br></div><div>If you download the shape.zip from:</div><div>
<div>M6.9  - 43km ENE of Tambo, Peru</div><div><a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/detail/usb000s5x1.geojson">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/detail/usb000s5x1.geojson</a></div><div>
<br></div><div>Then</div><div><a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/product/shakemap/usb000s5x1/us/1408925670763/download/shape.zip">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/product/shakemap/usb000s5x1/us/1408925670763/download/shape.zip</a></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>The Intensity dbf file is named: mi.dbf</div><div>______________________________</div><div>If you download the shape.zip from:</div><div><div>M 6.0 - 6km NW of American Canyon, California</div><div>
<a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/detail/nc72282711.geojson">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/detail/nc72282711.geojson</a></div><div><br></div><div>Then</div><div><a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/product/shakemap/nc72282711/nc/1408983729833/download/shape.zip">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/product/shakemap/nc72282711/nc/1408983729833/download/shape.zip</a></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>The Intesity dbf file is named: mmi.dbf</div><div><br></div><div>This has caused issues in our use of the feed.</div><div><br></div><div>In this file:</div><div><a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/product/shakemap/usb000s5x1/us/1408925670763/download/metadata.txt">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/product/shakemap/usb000s5x1/us/1408925670763/download/metadata.txt</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>The description states the dbf should be named mmi.dbf :</div><div>"    Detailed_Description:</div><div>      Entity_Type: </div><div>        Entity_Type_Label: mmi.dbf (shapefile from "shape.zip" download file)</div>
<div>        Entity_Type_Definition: Polygons of estimated instrumental intensity</div><div>        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Shapefile Technical Description "</div><div><br></div><div>However, we have found the normal name of the file is mi.dbf</div>
<div>As in this post: <a href="https://geohazards.usgs.gov/pipermail/shake-dev/2011-June/000368.html">https://geohazards.usgs.gov/pipermail/shake-dev/2011-June/000368.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>What is the standard name of the mi.dbf (mmi.dbf) located in the shape.zip and what should we be expecting?</div>
<div>Can you please explain why the recent California earthquake had a mmi.dbf file as opposed to a mi.dbf file?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Matt</div><div><br></div></div>