USGS Earthquake Data Scraper by Birds Nest Data

Export earthquake data from the USGS catalog as JSON or CSV: time, magnitude, location, depth and alert level. Filter by region, date and magnitude. No API key needed.

Unofficial tool. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Data provided as-is from https://earthquake.usgs.gov.

Not for emergency response or earthquake early warning; use official USGS/ShakeAlert channels.

What it does

Returns earthquake events from the USGS catalog, newest first, as one flat row per event with time, magnitude, place, coordinates, depth, alert level and tsunami flag. Built for insurers and risk analysts, logistics and facilities teams, and researchers or newsrooms.

What you get

Field	Type	Example
event_id	string	"aka2026upynvp"
time	string	"2026-10-18T04:05:46.635Z"
updated	string	"2026-10-18T04:27:24.040Z"
magnitude	number	2.8
magnitude_type	string	"ml"
place	string	"21 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska"
latitude	number	57.73
longitude	number	-153.987
depth_km	number	28.7
event_type	string	"earthquake"
status	string	"automatic"
alert_level	string or null	null
tsunami_flag	boolean	false
significance	number	121
felt_reports	number	3
network	string	"ak"
url	string	"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka202...
source	string	"USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (earthquake.usgs.gov)"
credit	string	"Credit: U.S. Geological Survey"

Use cases

• List recent earthquakes near your sites, warehouses or insured properties.
• Build a history of earthquakes above a magnitude in a region for risk analysis.
• Send new earthquake events to a spreadsheet or alert through the Apify API.
• Get clean earthquake data for research, teaching or a newsroom map.

How to use

1. Leave the defaults to get the 50 newest magnitude 2.5+ earthquakes worldwide from the last 7 days, or pick a region, dates and minimum magnitude.
2. Click Run.
3. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the Apify API.

Input example

{
  "region": "WORLD",
  "minMagnitude": "2.5",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output example

Two records from a real run on 2026-10-17 (PT) with the default input:

[
 {
  "event_id": "aka2026upynvp",
  "time": "2026-10-18T04:05:46.635Z",
  "updated": "2026-10-18T04:27:24.040Z",
  "magnitude": 2.8,
  "magnitude_type": "ml",
  "place": "21 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska",
  "latitude": 57.73,
  "longitude": -153.987,
  "depth_km": 28.7,
  "event_type": "earthquake",
  "status": "automatic",
  "alert_level": null,
  "tsunami_flag": false,
  "significance": 121,
  "felt_reports": null,
  "network": "ak",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026upynvp",
  "source": "USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (earthquake.usgs.gov)",
  "credit": "Credit: U.S. Geological Survey"
 },
 {
  "event_id": "ok2026ujzg",
  "time": "2026-10-18T01:41:24.579Z",
  "updated": "2026-10-18T03:22:53.853Z",
  "magnitude": 2.75,
  "magnitude_type": "ml",
  "place": "2 km NW of Ratliff City, Oklahoma",
  "latitude": 34.46,
  "longitude": -97.52683333,
  "depth_km": 6,
  "event_type": "earthquake",
  "status": "reviewed",
  "alert_level": null,
  "tsunami_flag": false,
  "significance": 118,
  "felt_reports": 3,
  "network": "ok",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ok2026ujzg",
  "source": "USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (earthquake.usgs.gov)",
  "credit": "Credit: U.S. Geological Survey"
 }
]

Pricing (pay-per-event)

• Result: $1.00 per 1,000 results ($0.001 for each earthquake event saved to the dataset).
• No start fee. Runs that save nothing are not charged for results.
• Estimate: the default run (50 events) costs about $0.05 in result fees.

Limits

• At most about 1 request per second, no proxies.
• Up to 20,000 events per run (the service's per-query limit).
• Recent events start as automatic and can be revised to reviewed; check updated.
• If the source refuses access (HTTP 403 or a block page), the run stops with a clear message. It never changes its identity, uses proxies, or retries from other IP addresses.

Data source & legality note

This actor reads public data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (https://earthquake.usgs.gov) via its public API. It does not log in, bypass access controls, or collect personal data; person/contact fields are dropped at parse time. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Output is provided as-is, without warranty; it may be incomplete or delayed, so verify against the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) before relying on it. Not legal, medical, or safety advice. You are responsible for how you use the output and for complying with applicable laws and the source's terms.

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

The USGS identifier/logo is not used.

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