USGS Earthquake Scraper – Real-Time Quakes Worldwide

USGS earthquake scraper that returns real-time and historical earthquakes worldwide from the official U.S. Geological Survey event API: magnitude, place, UTC time, coordinates, depth, tsunami flag and PAGER impact alert. Filter by magnitude, dates, radius around a point or alert level. U.S. public domain data.

What does it do?

• Magnitude and type, place, time and last update.
• Latitude, longitude and depth.
• Tsunami flag, PAGER alert (green to red), felt reports and significance.
• Link to the USGS event page.

Use cases

• Alert bots: post M5+ quakes to an X account or Telegram channel within minutes.
• Travel, insurance and logistics: monitor risk around your locations.
• News and content: weekly seismic recaps with maps.
• AI agents and automation: trigger workflows on significant events.

Input

Field	Description
minMagnitude	Example: 4.5
daysBack	Ignored if a start date is set. Example: 7
startDate	YYYY-MM-DD (UTC).
endDate	YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Empty = now.
latitude	Center of a radius search. Example: 40.4
longitude	Example: -3.7
radiusKm	Example: 500
alertLevel	Only this impact alert level.
placeKeywords	Keep quakes whose place contains any of these. Example: Spain, Japan
maxItems	Example: 100

Example input:

{
  "minMagnitude": 4.5,
  "daysBack": 3,
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output

Real output (first items of a run on 26 Oct 2026):

[
  {
    "id": "us6000u4zb",
    "magnitude": 5.2,
    "magType": "mww",
    "place": "205 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
    "time": "2026-10-26T12:13:30.652000+00:00",
    "updated": "2026-10-26T12:30:59.040000+00:00",
    "longitude": 165.6029,
    "latitude": -13.8613,
    "depthKm": 10,
    "tsunami": false,
    "alert": null,
    "feltReports": null,
    "significance": 416,
    "status": "reviewed",
    "type": "earthquake",
    "title": "M 5.2 - 205 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
    "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4zb"
  },
  {
    "id": "us6000u4z7",
    "magnitude": 4.6,
    "magType": "mwr",
    "place": "81 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska",
    "time": "2026-10-26T11:38:06.778000+00:00",
    "updated": "2026-10-26T11:48:30.831000+00:00",
    "longitude": -165.1239,
    "latitude": 53.5071,
    "depthKm": 35,
    "tsunami": false,
    "alert": null,
    "feltReports": null,
    "significance": 326,
    "status": "reviewed",
    "type": "earthquake",
    "title": "M 4.6 - 81 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska",
    "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4z7"
  }
]

Export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, read them through the API, or send them to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or webhooks. You can also run this Actor from AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

Pricing

Pay per event: $1.40 per 1,000 earthquakes plus $0.00005 per run start. There is no extra platform usage charge.

FAQ

How fresh is it? USGS updates within minutes. Schedule the Actor every 5–15 minutes for alerts.

Max results? 20,000 per query, a USGS limit. Use shorter windows for more.

Can I use it commercially? Yes, USGS data is U.S. public domain. Please credit "U.S. Geological Survey".

Do I need a login or API key? No. It uses the source's public API; you only need an Apify account.

Can AI agents use it? Yes. Call it through the Apify API, or from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client via the Apify MCP server.

Data source and license

Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program – FDSN event API. USGS copyrights and credits: "USGS-authored or produced data and information are considered to be in the U.S. Public Domain." Credit: U.S. Geological Survey. USGS does not endorse this Actor.

This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the data source. You are responsible for using the data in line with the source's license and terms.