diff --git a/earthquakes.py b/earthquakes.py
index 16f433d..a4d8cf6 100644
--- a/earthquakes.py
+++ b/earthquakes.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # However, we will use a more powerful and simpler library called requests.
 # This is external library that you may need to install first.
 import requests
+import json
 
 
 def get_data():
@@ -21,41 +22,57 @@ def get_data():
             "orderby": "time-asc"}
     )
 
+    # Ensure the response is successful  
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        return response.json()  # Ensure this returns the parsed JSON  
+    else:
+        print(f"Error fetching data: {response.status_code}")
+        return {}  # Return an empty dict if there's an error
+
     # The response we get back is an object with several fields.
     # The actual contents we care about are in its text field:
     text = response.text
     # To understand the structure of this text, you may want to save it
     # to a file and open it in VS Code or a browser.
     # See the README file for more information.
-    ...
 
     # We need to interpret the text to get values that we can work with.
     # What format is the text in? How can we load the values?
-    return ...
+    return response.json
 
 def count_earthquakes(data):
     """Get the total number of earthquakes in the response."""
-    return ...
+    return len(data['features'])
 
 
 def get_magnitude(earthquake):
     """Retrive the magnitude of an earthquake item."""
-    return ...
+    return earthquake['properties']['mag']
 
 
 def get_location(earthquake):
     """Retrieve the latitude and longitude of an earthquake item."""
     # There are three coordinates, but we don't care about the third (altitude)
-    return ...
-
-
+    coords = earthquake['geometry']['coordinates']
+    return (coords[1], coords[0])  # Return (latitude, longitude)
 def get_maximum(data):
     """Get the magnitude and location of the strongest earthquake in the data."""
-    ...
+    if 'features' in data and len(data['features']) > 0:
+        max_earthquake = max(data['features'], key=get_magnitude)  # Find the strongest earthquake  
+        return get_magnitude(max_earthquake), get_location(max_earthquake)  # Return magnitude and location  
+    return None, None  # If no earthquakes exist
 
-
-# With all the above functions defined, we can now call them and get the result
+# With all the above functions defined, we can now call them and get the result  
 data = get_data()
-print(f"Loaded {count_earthquakes(data)}")
-max_magnitude, max_location = get_maximum(data)
-print(f"The strongest earthquake was at {max_location} with magnitude {max_magnitude}")
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+
+# Make sure data is loaded correctly  
+if isinstance(data, dict) and 'features' in data:
+    print(f"Loaded {count_earthquakes(data)} earthquakes.")
+    max_magnitude, max_location = get_maximum(data)
+
+    if max_magnitude is not None:
+        print(f"The strongest earthquake was at {max_location} with magnitude {max_magnitude}")
+    else:
+        print("No earthquake data available.")
+else:
+    print("Failed to load earthquake data.")
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diff --git a/earthquakes_plot b/earthquakes_plot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2c2904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/earthquakes_plot
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+from datetime import date
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import json
+import requests
+
+
+def get_data():
+     # With requests, we can ask the web service for the data.
+    # Can you understand the parameters we are passing here?
+    response = requests.get(
+        "http://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query.geojson",
+        params={
+            'starttime': "2000-01-01",
+            "maxlatitude": "58.723",
+            "minlatitude": "50.008",
+            "maxlongitude": "1.67",
+            "minlongitude": "-9.756",
+            "minmagnitude": "1",
+            "endtime": "2018-10-11",
+            "orderby": "time-asc"}
+    )
+
+    text = response.text
+    data = None
+    with open("response.json","w") as file:
+        file.write(text)
+
+    data = json.loads(text)
+    return data
+
+
+def get_year(earthquake):
+    """Extract the year in which an earthquake happened."""
+    timestamp = earthquake['properties']['time']
+    # The time is given in a strange-looking but commonly-used format.
+    # To understand it, we can look at the documentation of the source data:
+    # https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/comcat/index.php#time
+    # Fortunately, Python provides a way of interpreting this timestamp:
+    # (Question for discussion: Why do we divide by 1000?)
+    year = date.fromtimestamp(timestamp/1000).year
+    return year
+
+
+def get_magnitude(earthquake):
+    """Retrive the magnitude of an earthquake item."""
+    return earthquake['properties']['mag']
+
+
+# This is function you may want to create to break down the computations,
+# although it is not necessary. You may also change it to something different.
+#def get_magnitudes_per_year(earthquakes):
+    """Retrieve the magnitudes of all the earthquakes in a given year.
+    
+    Returns a dictionary with years as keys, and lists of magnitudes as values.
+    """
+    ...
+
+def get_magnitudes_per_year(earthquakes):
+    magnitudes_per_year = {}
+    
+    for quake in earthquakes:
+        year = get_year(quake)
+        magnitude = get_magnitude(quake)
+        
+        if year not in magnitudes_per_year:
+            magnitudes_per_year[year] = []
+        
+        magnitudes_per_year[year].append(magnitude)
+    
+    return magnitudes_per_year
+
+def plot_average_magnitude_per_year(earthquakes):
+   return sum(earthquakes['mag'])/len(earthquakes['mag'])
+
+
+def plot_number_per_year(earthquakes):
+    magnitudes_per_year = get_magnitudes_per_year(earthquakes)
+    years = sorted(magnitudes_per_year.keys())
+    counts = [len(magnitudes_per_year[year]) for year in years]
+    
+    plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
+    plt.bar(years, counts, color='orange')
+    plt.title('Number of Earthquakes per Year')
+    plt.xlabel('Year')
+    plt.ylabel('Number of Earthquakes')
+    plt.xticks(years, rotation=45)
+    plt.grid(axis='y')
+    plt.show()
+
+
+
+# Get the data we will work with
+quakes = get_data()['features']
+
+# Plot the results - this is not perfect since the x axis is shown as real
+# numbers rather than integers, which is what we would prefer!
+plot_number_per_year(quakes)
+plt.clf()  # This clears the figure, so that we don't overlay the two plots
+plot_average_magnitude_per_year(quakes)
diff --git a/earthquakesv2.py b/earthquakesv2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4d8cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/earthquakesv2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# The Python standard library includes some functionality for communicating
+# over the Internet.
+# However, we will use a more powerful and simpler library called requests.
+# This is external library that you may need to install first.
+import requests
+import json
+
+
+def get_data():
+    # With requests, we can ask the web service for the data.
+    # Can you understand the parameters we are passing here?
+    response = requests.get(
+        "http://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query.geojson",
+        params={
+            'starttime': "2000-01-01",
+            "maxlatitude": "58.723",
+            "minlatitude": "50.008",
+            "maxlongitude": "1.67",
+            "minlongitude": "-9.756",
+            "minmagnitude": "1",
+            "endtime": "2018-10-11",
+            "orderby": "time-asc"}
+    )
+
+    # Ensure the response is successful  
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        return response.json()  # Ensure this returns the parsed JSON  
+    else:
+        print(f"Error fetching data: {response.status_code}")
+        return {}  # Return an empty dict if there's an error
+
+    # The response we get back is an object with several fields.
+    # The actual contents we care about are in its text field:
+    text = response.text
+    # To understand the structure of this text, you may want to save it
+    # to a file and open it in VS Code or a browser.
+    # See the README file for more information.
+
+    # We need to interpret the text to get values that we can work with.
+    # What format is the text in? How can we load the values?
+    return response.json
+
+def count_earthquakes(data):
+    """Get the total number of earthquakes in the response."""
+    return len(data['features'])
+
+
+def get_magnitude(earthquake):
+    """Retrive the magnitude of an earthquake item."""
+    return earthquake['properties']['mag']
+
+
+def get_location(earthquake):
+    """Retrieve the latitude and longitude of an earthquake item."""
+    # There are three coordinates, but we don't care about the third (altitude)
+    coords = earthquake['geometry']['coordinates']
+    return (coords[1], coords[0])  # Return (latitude, longitude)
+def get_maximum(data):
+    """Get the magnitude and location of the strongest earthquake in the data."""
+    if 'features' in data and len(data['features']) > 0:
+        max_earthquake = max(data['features'], key=get_magnitude)  # Find the strongest earthquake  
+        return get_magnitude(max_earthquake), get_location(max_earthquake)  # Return magnitude and location  
+    return None, None  # If no earthquakes exist
+
+# With all the above functions defined, we can now call them and get the result  
+data = get_data()
+
+# Make sure data is loaded correctly  
+if isinstance(data, dict) and 'features' in data:
+    print(f"Loaded {count_earthquakes(data)} earthquakes.")
+    max_magnitude, max_location = get_maximum(data)
+
+    if max_magnitude is not None:
+        print(f"The strongest earthquake was at {max_location} with magnitude {max_magnitude}")
+    else:
+        print("No earthquake data available.")
+else:
+    print("Failed to load earthquake data.")
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