🌍 USGS Earthquake Data Scraper

Whether you're a seismologist tracking global activity, a journalist reporting on natural disasters, or a developer building earthquake alert tools, this scraper delivers real-time and historical earthquake data from the USGS seismic network.

The USGS Earthquake Scraper collects earthquake events with magnitude, location, depth, coordinates, tsunami alerts, and 30 fields per event. Filter by date range, magnitude, geographic bounds, and alert level.

✨ What Does It Do

• 🌍 Global coverage - earthquakes from every seismic station worldwide
• 📊 30 fields per event - magnitude, depth, coordinates, felt reports, significance
• 📅 Date filtering - search by date range (defaults to last 30 days)
• 🔍 Magnitude filter - min/max magnitude (e.g., only M5.0+ events)
• 🗺️ Geographic bounds - filter by latitude/longitude bounding box
• 🚨 Alert levels - filter by green, yellow, orange, red alert status

🔧 Input

{
    "startDate": "2026-01-01",
    "endDate": "2026-04-01",
    "minMagnitude": 5,
    "maxItems": 100
}

📊 Output

Each earthquake includes 30 data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

{
    "eventId": "us7000sbbr",
    "magnitude": 6.2,
    "magnitudeType": "mww",
    "place": "128 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea",
    "time": "2026-03-15T08:23:45.123Z",
    "longitude": 152.8234,
    "latitude": -5.4321,
    "depth": 35.2,
    "tsunami": 0,
    "alert": "green",
    "significance": 592,
    "felt": 24,
    "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000sbbr",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

📋 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Configure - set date range, magnitude filter, and geographic bounds
3. Run It - click "Start" and get structured earthquake data in seconds

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 🔬 Seismologists - collect earthquake catalogs for research and analysis
• 📰 Journalists - get structured data on recent seismic events for reporting
• 🏗️ Engineers - assess seismic risk for construction projects by location
• 📱 App developers - build earthquake alert and monitoring applications
• 🏠 Insurance - analyze earthquake frequency and intensity by region
• 🎓 Education - create datasets for earth science courses and projects

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🆘 Need Help?

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the USGS or the United States Geological Survey. It accesses only publicly available data through official public APIs.