# EMSC Earthquake Scraper: Recent Seismic Events (`naimurhasanrwd/emsc-earthquakes-scraper`) Actor

Pull recent earthquakes worldwide from the EMSC seismic portal, filterable by magnitude and time window. No login, no proxy, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/naimurhasanrwd/emsc-earthquakes-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Naimur Hasan](https://apify.com/naimurhasanrwd) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EMSC Earthquake Scraper

Pulls recent earthquakes worldwide from the EMSC seismic portal, filterable
by magnitude and time window. No login, no proxy, no browser.

### Input

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `minMagnitude` | string | Only events at or above this magnitude. Default `3`. |
| `days` | integer | How many days back to search. Default `7`. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Cap on events, most recent first. Default `100`. |

### Output

One row per event: `id`, `time`, `lastUpdate`, `magnitude`,
`magnitudeType`, `region`, `depthKm`, `latitude`, `longitude`, `eventType`,
`authority`, `sourceCatalog`.

### Notes

- The response is GeoJSON, whose `geometry.coordinates` are
  `[longitude, latitude, depth]` — easy to read backwards. This Actor takes
  latitude and longitude from the `properties` block instead, where they are
  named explicitly, and reports depth as a positive kilometre figure.
- **A query matching nothing returns HTTP 204 with an empty body**, not an
  empty feature list, so that status is handled separately rather than being
  parsed as JSON.
- `magnitudeType` matters when comparing events: `mb`, `ml`, `mw` and `m` are
  different scales and are not directly interchangeable.
- EMSC is Euro-Mediterranean but its catalogue is worldwide; events are
  revised after initial publication, which is what `lastUpdate` tracks.

# Actor input Schema

## `minMagnitude` (type: `string`):

Only events at or above this magnitude

## `days` (type: `integer`):

How many days back to search from now

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Cap on events returned, most recent first

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "minMagnitude": "3",
  "days": 7,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Every earthquake the run returned.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "minMagnitude": "3"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("naimurhasanrwd/emsc-earthquakes-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "minMagnitude": "3" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("naimurhasanrwd/emsc-earthquakes-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "minMagnitude": "3"
}' |
apify call naimurhasanrwd/emsc-earthquakes-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,naimurhasanrwd/emsc-earthquakes-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/UcFQ3VSoJNCIhQJDk/builds/XH0kgba6XidkLIdVB/openapi.json