Recent Earthquakes Data Feed

Use this Actor to fetch recent worldwide earthquake events (magnitude, depth, location, tsunami flag) as clean, structured JSON, filtered by minimum magnitude, time window or a circular area around a point.

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What it does

The Actor queries the public earthquake catalog web service operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (the FDSN event API) and returns one dataset row per earthquake. It is useful for dashboards, alerting pipelines, classroom projects, research notebooks and any workflow that needs a simple, predictable feed of seismic events. Each run returns between 1 and 200 rows. No personal data is involved: every row describes a natural event.

Input fields

All fields are optional and have defaults, so you can start a run with an empty input.

Field	Type	Default	Description
minMagnitude	number	4.5	Only events with at least this magnitude (-1 to 10).
daysBack	integer	7	How many days back to search (1-365).
maxResults	integer	25	Maximum events returned (1-200). You are charged per returned event.
orderBy	string	time	time (newest first) or magnitude (largest first).
latitude	number	none	Optional center latitude (-90 to 90). Use together with longitude.
longitude	number	none	Optional center longitude (-180 to 180).
maxRadiusKm	integer	500	Search radius in kilometers when latitude and longitude are set.

Example output

{
  "id": "us7000example",
  "time": "2026-10-23T14:02:11.000Z",
  "updated": "2026-10-23T14:30:45.000Z",
  "place": "120 km SW of Example City",
  "magnitude": 5.1,
  "magnitudeType": "mww",
  "depthKm": 35.2,
  "latitude": -12.345,
  "longitude": 166.789,
  "tsunamiFlag": false,
  "alertLevel": null,
  "feltReports": 12,
  "significance": 400,
  "status": "reviewed",
  "eventType": "earthquake",
  "detailUrl": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000example",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-24T18:00:00.000Z"
}

The values above are illustrative; real runs return live catalog data.

Pricing

Pay per event: a very small start fee per run plus a fee for each result row pushed to the dataset. Lower maxResults to control cost.

Data source and terms

Data comes from the public earthquake catalog API at https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/ . According to the source's terms page, https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/acknowledging-or-crediting-usgs , most of its information resides in the public domain and may be used without restriction (commercial and automated use included); the provider asks that the source be credited. Please credit the U.S. Geological Survey as the data source when you republish the data. This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the data provider.

Notes

• Magnitudes and locations may be revised by the source after the first report; the status and updated fields help you detect this.
• The tsunamiFlag field only reflects the source's flag and is not a warning system. Do not use this Actor for safety-critical decisions.
• If the source API is unavailable, the run fails with a clear error message.

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