'''
    Author:
    Day 18 Classwork - Problem #2

    We want to answer the following question:
    What is the variation of magnitudes in the recorded earthquakes, in the
    state of California?

    To answer the question you must plot the magnitudes of earthquakes stored
    in the data structure given by get_report, for the given state.
    The code provided counts the number of earthquakes in that state.
    Review the code to understand how to check the location of the earthquake,
    in relation to the state. You may also reuse some of the code for your
    solution.
'''

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import earthquakes

quake_list = earthquakes.get_report("day","all")
count = 0
for quake in quake_list["earthquakes"]:
    # The "in" operation is True when the left string appears
    # inside the right string
    if "California" in quake["location_description"]:
        count = count + 1    
print(count)