Earthquake Data Scraper — USGS Events

Fetch earthquake events from the USGS FDSN catalogue with the full filter surface — magnitude, location, coordinates, depth, tsunami flag, PAGER alert level, felt reports and significance. Filter by time window, magnitude range, bounding box, or radius around a point. Free keyless official government API.

For risk/insurance analytics, news feeds, seismic research and mapping apps. Schedule it for a live seismic alert feed.

What you get

Per event:

• Magnitude — magnitude, magType
• Location — place, longitude, latitude, depthKm
• Timing — time, updated (ISO 8601)
• Impact — tsunami flag, alert (PAGER green/yellow/orange/red), significance, felt, cdi, mmi
• Meta — id, status, type, title, url, detailUrl

Output sample

{
  "id": "us7000abcd",
  "magnitude": 6.2,
  "magType": "mww",
  "place": "125 km SW of Tokyo, Japan",
  "time": "2026-07-11T22:14:03.000Z",
  "updated": "2026-07-11T23:02:41.000Z",
  "longitude": 139.7,
  "latitude": 35.4,
  "depthKm": 32.5,
  "tsunami": 0,
  "alert": "green",
  "significance": 592,
  "felt": 1204,
  "cdi": 5.2,
  "mmi": 6.1,
  "status": "reviewed",
  "type": "earthquake",
  "title": "M 6.2 - 125 km SW of Tokyo, Japan",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000abcd",
  "detailUrl": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/.../us7000abcd.geojson"
}

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
starttime / endtime	string	—	Event time range (ISO or YYYY-MM-DD)
minmagnitude / maxmagnitude	string	—	Magnitude range, e.g. 4.5
minlatitude / maxlatitude / minlongitude / maxlongitude	string	—	Bounding-box search
latitude / longitude / maxradiuskm	string	—	Circle search around a point
mindepth / maxdepth	string	—	Depth range (km)
alertlevel	string	—	PAGER alert: green, yellow, orange, red
orderby	string	time	time, time-asc, magnitude, magnitude-asc
maxResults	integer	1000	Cap on events returned

Example input

{
  "starttime": "2026-07-01",
  "minmagnitude": "4.5",
  "orderby": "time",
  "maxResults": 500
}

Region (California bbox): {"minlatitude":"32","maxlatitude":"42","minlongitude":"-125","maxlongitude":"-114","minmagnitude":"2.5"}. Around a point (200km): {"latitude":"35.7","longitude":"139.7","maxradiuskm":"200","minmagnitude":"3"}.

Why this actor

• Full filter surface — time, magnitude, bbox, radius, depth and PAGER alert, all in one actor.
• Clean normalized schema — ISO timestamps and split lat/lon/depth from the raw GeoJSON, ready for spreadsheets and maps.
• Official & keyless — the USGS FDSN government API; no key, reliable, schedulable as an alert feed.

Pricing

Pay per result — $1.00 per 1,000 results (one result = one earthquake event). No subscription; you pay only for what you get.

Notes & limits

• Source is the USGS FDSN event API — free public government data. Impact fields (felt, cdi, mmi, alert) are populated only for events with those reports.
• Public data; you are responsible for compliant use. Not affiliated with USGS.

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