# EMSC Global Earthquakes Scraper (`parseforge/emsc-earthquakes-scraper`) Actor

Query the EMSC Seismic Portal by magnitude range, time window, and bounding box. Each event returns event\_id, time, lat, lon, depth, mag, mag\_type, region, agency, type, and last\_update. Useful for global seismic monitoring, hazard mapping, and research on tectonic activity across regions.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/emsc-earthquakes-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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```bash
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```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
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# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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# README

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## 🌍 EMSC Earthquakes Scraper

> 🚀 **Export EMSC records in seconds. Pipe results straight into your spreadsheet, dashboard, or data warehouse.**

> 🕒 **Last updated:** 2026-06-05 · **📊 11 fields** per record · Public EMSC data · Real-time updates

The EMSC Earthquakes Scraper turns the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre FDSN endpoint into a clean structured dataset of global earthquakes. Filter by magnitude, date range, and bounding box.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| 🌍 Seismologists | Pull global earthquake catalogs. |
| 🚨 Emergency teams | Set up region-specific alerts. |
| 🏗️ Engineers | Run hazard assessments with real catalog data. |
| 📰 Journalists | Verify events with an authoritative source. |

### 📋 What the EMSC Earthquakes Scraper does

- Fetches the public EMSC feed at `https://www.seismicportal.eu/fdsnws/event/1/query`.
- Parses the response and flattens each record into one structured row.
- Casts numeric values to numbers, dates to ISO strings.
- Surfaces upstream errors as a clean `error` record instead of crashing.
- Pushes everything to the dataset, ready for instant download.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** EMSC publishes the data, but the raw response is awkward to work with. This actor normalizes everything into a flat schema that drops straight into pandas, BigQuery, or a Google Sheet.

### 🎬 Full Demo

_🚧 Coming soon._

### ⚙️ Input

See the Input tab on the Apify console for the full list of supported filters. Every filter is optional. `maxItems` controls how many records are returned.

**Example**
```json
{
  "maxItems": 50
}
````

> ⚠️ **Good to Know.** Free users are capped at 10 records per run as a preview. Paid users can pull up to 1,000,000 records.

### 📊 Output

Each record is a flat object. The `error` field is always last.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🆔 `event_id` | string | EMSC event identifier. |
| 📅 `time` | string | Origin time. |
| 📍 `lat` | number | Latitude. |
| 📍 `lon` | number | Longitude. |
| 🌊 `depth` | number | Depth in km. |
| 📏 `mag` | number | Magnitude. |
| 🏷️ `mag_type` | string | Magnitude scale (mb, ML, Mw, etc.). |
| 🗺️ `region` | string | Flynn-Engdahl region. |
| 🏢 `agency` | string | Source agency. |
| 🔬 `type` | string | Event type. |
| 🕒 `last_update` | string | EMSC last update time. |
| 🕒 `scrapedAt` | string | When this row was fetched. |
| ❌ `error` | string | Set if the upstream response was an error. |

### ✨ Why choose this Actor

| 🆓 | Works with the free Apify plan (10-record preview). |
| 🧹 | Clean snake\_case keys ready for BI tools. |
| 🔢 | Auto-casts numeric and date fields. |
| 🛟 | Surfaces upstream errors as a clean record. |
| 💾 | Push to dataset and download in any supported format. |

### 📈 How it compares to alternatives

| Approach | Setup time | Clean keys | Numeric casting | Error handling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roll your own fetch | 30 min + | No | No | No |
| **This Actor** | 5 sec, no install | Yes | Yes | Yes |

### 🚀 How to use

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Adjust the input filters or leave defaults.
3. Click **Start**. Within seconds, your dataset is ready.

### 💼 Business use cases

**🌍 Global catalog.** Pull every event above magnitude 4 in the last 7 days for a worldwide map.

**🚨 Regional alerts.** Use the bounding-box filter to monitor a specific area continuously.

**📊 Hazard studies.** Build a historical catalog filtered by magnitude and depth.

**🛰️ Sensor calibration.** Correlate with private network observations.

### 🔌 Automating EMSC Earthquakes Scraper

- **Make / Zapier.** Trigger this actor on a schedule, push results to Airtable, Slack, or your CRM.
- **Cron schedule.** Apify's native scheduler runs this on whatever cadence you need.
- **Webhooks.** Get a POST to your endpoint the moment a run finishes.
- **Pipe to your warehouse.** Native Apify integrations move datasets straight into BigQuery, Snowflake, or Postgres.

### 🌟 Beyond business use cases

**🎓 Education.** Use real public data for classroom projects.

**🧪 Personal research.** Build your own dashboards and notebooks.

**🤝 Non-profit & open data.** Power public dashboards without writing client code.

**🧰 Tinkering & prototyping.** Spin up a fresh data feed in seconds.

### 🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Pop this README into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI assistant and ask it to map your specific workflow to the actor's inputs.

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

**❓ Is the data free?** Yes. EMSC publishes the FDSN service openly.

**❓ How fresh is the data?** EMSC ingests reports within minutes from agencies worldwide.

**❓ Does this need an API key?** No.

**❓ How many events can I pull?** EMSC limits a single query to about 20,000 events.

**❓ What magnitude scales appear?** mb, ML, Mw, mwp, depending on the reporting agency.

**❓ Will the schema change?** Core fields are stable.

**❓ Is this scraping or API?** API. FDSN is a standardized seismological web service.

**❓ Can I filter by region?** Yes, use the bounding-box latitude and longitude inputs.

**❓ Can I schedule runs?** Yes via Apify's scheduler.

**❓ What if no events match?** The dataset will be empty. Try widening magnitude or date range.

### 🔌 Integrate with any app

Apify ships native integrations with Make, Zapier, Slack, Discord, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Gmail, Airbyte, Keboola, Telegram, GitHub, and any REST API or webhook endpoint.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

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|---|---|
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| [ParseForge NBA Stats Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/nba-stats-scraper) | Player and team stats from NBA.com. |
| [ParseForge CurseForge Mods Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/curseforge-mods-scraper) | Public mod metadata. |

> 💡 **Pro Tip.** Browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for 900+ production-grade scrapers across business intelligence, real estate, e-commerce, sports, finance, and public records.

***

**Disclaimer.** This actor scrapes only publicly available data. ParseForge is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party services referenced. Users are responsible for complying with the target site's terms of service and applicable law. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).

# Actor input Schema

## `minMagnitude` (type: `number`):

Only include events at or above this magnitude.

## `maxMagnitude` (type: `number`):

Upper magnitude bound.

## `startTime` (type: `string`):

ISO start time (e.g. 2026-06-01T00:00:00).

## `endTime` (type: `string`):

ISO end time.

## `minLat` (type: `number`):

Bounding-box min latitude.

## `maxLat` (type: `number`):

Bounding-box max latitude.

## `minLon` (type: `number`):

Bounding-box min longitude.

## `maxLon` (type: `number`):

Bounding-box max longitude.

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

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "minMagnitude": 2.5,
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/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 = { "maxItems": 10 }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/emsc-earthquakes-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/emsc-earthquakes-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "EMSC Global Earthquakes Scraper",
        "description": "Query the EMSC Seismic Portal by magnitude range, time window, and bounding box. Each event returns event_id, time, lat, lon, depth, mag, mag_type, region, agency, type, and last_update. Useful for global seismic monitoring, hazard mapping, and research on tectonic activity across regions.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "WeRfB2f7PxZZrfkM8"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/parseforge~emsc-earthquakes-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-parseforge-emsc-earthquakes-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~emsc-earthquakes-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-emsc-earthquakes-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~emsc-earthquakes-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-emsc-earthquakes-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "minMagnitude": {
                        "title": "Minimum Magnitude",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 10,
                        "type": "number",
                        "description": "Only include events at or above this magnitude.",
                        "default": 2.5
                    },
                    "maxMagnitude": {
                        "title": "Maximum Magnitude",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 10,
                        "type": "number",
                        "description": "Upper magnitude bound."
                    },
                    "startTime": {
                        "title": "Start Time",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "ISO start time (e.g. 2026-06-01T00:00:00)."
                    },
                    "endTime": {
                        "title": "End Time",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "ISO end time."
                    },
                    "minLat": {
                        "title": "Min Latitude",
                        "minimum": -90,
                        "maximum": 90,
                        "type": "number",
                        "description": "Bounding-box min latitude."
                    },
                    "maxLat": {
                        "title": "Max Latitude",
                        "minimum": -90,
                        "maximum": 90,
                        "type": "number",
                        "description": "Bounding-box max latitude."
                    },
                    "minLon": {
                        "title": "Min Longitude",
                        "minimum": -180,
                        "maximum": 180,
                        "type": "number",
                        "description": "Bounding-box min longitude."
                    },
                    "maxLon": {
                        "title": "Max Longitude",
                        "minimum": -180,
                        "maximum": 180,
                        "type": "number",
                        "description": "Bounding-box max longitude."
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000"
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```