More complex? Roger even had the same suggestions as I.

Putting the output of the NEIC quake list into a spreadsheet shouldn't take but a few minutes, especially since the website gives you specific options for output intended for import into a spreadsheet. Once in the spreadsheet it's only a few clicks to change the sort order. I used to do this all the time at my previous job, which before I had zero experience with MS Office.

Adding in the damage statistics would have to be added by hand anyway. In a spread sheet it's a simple matter of typing the text into the appropriate cell. To do this in software would require writing a database program (which I've done - parts inventory/management, in QBasic no less), either to read in the text in a file, or to write a user interface to accept input. Either way, you still have to type it in (or cut & paste from source). With a spread sheet with the imported quake list, the user interface is already there - select the cell and type/ctrl-v.

Further, with a spread sheet you'd be able easily share the data with others, or format it for output in a variety of ways - graphs, charts, etc...

Again, no programming required. Why reinvent the wheel?

Brian