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USGS Earthquake Catalog — Real-Time & Historical Events

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USGS Earthquake Catalog — Real-Time & Historical Events

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
}
{
"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