Japan's recent earthquakes in XML

You can get an XML file with the list of earthquakes that occured in the last 7 days in Japan, including direct links to maps from my server, it's updated each hour. (最近の地震がXMLでこちら)

If I have some time to kill, I will maybe add a small widget in this blog's sidebar displaying the info it gives.

Or you can build your own using this cron job:

#!/bin/bash

OUT="$1"

if [ -z "$OUT" ]
then
        echo "Usage: $0 <out.xml>"
        exit 1
fi
touch "$OUT" || exit 1

export LC_TYPE=C
cat >"$OUT" <<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Recent earthquakes in Japan (updated hourly) -->
<earthquakes updated="$(date)">
EOF
wget -O - 'http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/catalogs/feed.php?feed=eqs7day-M2.5.xml' 2>/dev/null | grep Japan | while read LINE ; do
        LINE=$(echo $LINE | sed "s/\(<[^\>]\+>\)\+/|/g" | sed 's/^|//' | sed 's/|$//')
        DATE=$(echo $LINE | cut -d\| -f1)
        TIMESTAMP=$(date -d "$DATE" +%s)
        SUMMARY=$(echo $LINE | cut -d\| -f2)
        URL=$(echo $LINE | cut -d\| -f4)
        LAT=$(echo $LINE | cut -d\| -f5)
        LON=$(echo $LINE | cut -d\| -f6)
        DEPTH=$(echo $LINE | cut -d\| -f9)
        IMAGE=$(echo $URL | sed "s/^.\+\([^\\/][^\\/][^\\/][^\\/]\).php/http:\/\/neic.usgs.gov\/neis\/bulletin\/neic_\1.jpg/")
        MAGNITUDE=$(echo $SUMMARY | cut -d, -f1 | sed 's/M //')
        LOCATION=$(echo $SUMMARY | sed "s/^[^\,]\+, //")
cat >>"$OUT" <<EOF
        <earthquake stamp="${TIMESTAMP}">
                <date>${DATE}</date>
                <place>${LOCATION}</place>
                <url>${URL}</url>
                <img>${IMAGE}</img>
                <lat>${LAT}</lat>
                <lon>${LON}</lon>
                <depth>${DEPTH}</depth>
                <mag>${MAGNITUDE}</mag>
        </earthquake>
EOF
done
cat >>"$OUT" <<EOF
</earthquakes>
EOF