USGS Earthquake Catalog — Real-Time & Historical Events
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USGS Earthquake Catalog — Real-Time & Historical Events
Search the USGS FDSN earthquake catalog for seismic events worldwide. Filter by magnitude, date range, bounding box, or radius around a point. Returns magnitude, depth, location, and significance scores. No API key required.
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USGS Earthquake Catalog
Search and download seismic event data from the USGS FDSN earthquake catalog — the authoritative global earthquake database maintained by the US Geological Survey.
Example input
{"startDate": "2024-01-01","endDate": "2024-12-31","minMagnitude": 6.0,"maxRecords": 500}
Radius search
{"latitude": 34.05,"longitude": -118.25,"maxRadiusKm": 200,"minMagnitude": 3.0,"startDate": "2020-01-01"}
Example output record
{"id": "us7000m9l3","time": "2024-01-01T09:10:26.397Z","place": "126 km SSE of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia","magnitude": 7.5,"magnitudeType": "mww","depth": 10.0,"latitude": 51.0278,"longitude": 159.7837,"significance": 882,"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9l3","tsunami": 1,"fetchedAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"}
Use cases
- Seismic risk analysis for real estate and infrastructure
- Insurance catastrophe modeling
- Academic and geoscience research
- Emergency management and disaster preparedness
- Correlation with structural damage claims