Get earthquakes on your birthday

birthquakes.py

import pandas as pd
from datetime import timedelta
from urllib.parse import urlencode


def birthquakes(birthday:str) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """
    Make a DataFrame of earthquakes on a given day.
    
    Example: birthquake("1971-05-26")
    """
    birthday = pd.to_datetime(birthday)
    url = 'https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query'
    query = {
        'format': 'csv',
        'starttime': birthday,
        'endtime': birthday + timedelta(days=1),
    }
    return pd.read_csv(f"{url}?{urlencode(query)}")

birthquakes('26 May 1971')