USGS Earthquake API: Search Quakes by Magnitude & Area
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USGS Earthquake API: Search Quakes by Magnitude & Area
Search the USGS earthquake catalog by time, magnitude, depth, bounding box or radius via the public FDSN event API. Not for emergency use.
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What it does. Search the USGS earthquake catalog by time, magnitude, depth, bounding box or radius via the public FDSN event API. Not for emergency use. Returns one row per earthquake.
Input (from .actor/input_schema.json)
lastDaysorstartTime/endTime(ISO 8601 UTC; default last 30 days)minMagnitude,maxMagnitude,minDepthKm,maxDepthKm- Area: a box (
minLatitude,maxLatitude,minLongitude,maxLongitude) or a circle (latitude,longitude,maxRadiusKm) orderBy: time, time-asc, magnitude, magnitude-ascmaxItems: up to 20,000
Output fields
id, time, updated, latitude, longitude, depthKm, mag, magType, place, title, eventType, status, tsunami, alert, felt, cdi, mmi, sig, net, url
Free status rows (not charged): no-results, invalid-input, api-error, free-plan-limit, charge-limit-reached.
Example (the build's prefill)
Input: {"lastDays":7,"minMagnitude":4.5,"orderBy":"time","maxItems":50}
Data source and compliance
- Source: U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, FDSN event web service (earthquake.usgs.gov). Public, no key; USGS data is in the U.S. public domain. Courtesy: U.S. Geological Survey. This is an independent Lepi Data tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by the USGS. No USGS logos are used.
- Not for emergency response, early warning or any life-safety decision. Data can be delayed or revised. For official information use earthquake.usgs.gov and local authorities.
- Paced at about one request per second, with back-off on errors.
- Free-plan accounts get up to 100 results per run.
Pricing. Pay per result, flat on every plan, no start fee. Free status rows are never charged.
