USGS Global Earthquake and Seismic Activity Radar
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USGS Global Earthquake and Seismic Activity Radar
Track real-time global seismic events, earthquake magnitudes, hypocenter depth, epicenter coordinates, tsunami alerts, and felt reports from the US Geological Survey.
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Extract real-time global earthquake events, hypocenter depths, epicenter coordinates, and tsunami indicators from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Features
- Collects seismic events across all global fault zones with magnitude, depth, and exact geographic coordinates.
- Captures community felt reports, Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI), and Community Decimal Intensity (CDI) measurements.
- Tracks USGS PAGER alert color classifications and active tsunami warning flags.
- Connects directly to official USGS event pages and generates Google Maps coordinate references.
- Operates via official USGS GeoJSON endpoints with zero API keys and zero proxy requirements.
- Delivers structured records suitable for export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or automated emergency alerting pipelines.
Input parameters
- Minimum Magnitude: Minimum earthquake strength on the Richter or moment magnitude scale. Default is 2.5.
- Time Window: Search interval covering the past hour, past 24 hours, past 7 days, or past 30 days. Default is past 24 hours.
- Alert Level Filter: Filter by PAGER economic alert color (green, yellow, orange, red, or all). Default is all.
- Maximum Events: Maximum number of earthquake records to collect, up to 200. Default is 50.
Output dataset fields
Each dataset record contains:
- id: Unique USGS earthquake identifier (for example: us7000m9vx).
- place: Descriptive geographical location and distance from nearby populated settlements.
- magnitude: Numerical earthquake strength.
- magnitudeType: Primary measurement formula used (such as ml, mw, or md).
- time: ISO formatted timestamp when the seismic rupture occurred.
- updated: ISO formatted timestamp when USGS reviewed or revised the telemetry.
- latitude: Geographic latitude coordinate.
- longitude: Geographic longitude coordinate.
- depthKm: Hypocenter depth below Earth's surface measured in kilometers.
- tsunamiWarning: Boolean indicating whether a potential tsunami event was flagged.
- significance: Numerical score from 0 to 1000 describing overall event impact.
- feltReports: Number of citizen reports submitted to the USGS Did You Feel It portal.
- alertLevel: Impact classification color (green, yellow, orange, red).
- eventUrl: Direct link to the complete USGS technical overview.
- googleMapsUrl: Direct link to view the epicenter on Google Maps.
- scrapedAt: UTC timestamp when the data was extracted.
Use cases
- Disaster risk modeling: Feed real-time tremor events into property insurance risk evaluation engines.
- Logistics monitoring: Detect disruptions across maritime shipping lanes, mountain passes, and railway corridors.
- Academic geophysics: Compile regional seismicity catalogs for fault slip rate research.
- Emergency alerts: Trigger automatic notifications when major shocks exceed regional safety thresholds.
