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USGS Earthquakes Feed & Search

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$0.30 / 1,000 earthquakes

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USGS Earthquakes Feed & Search

USGS Earthquakes Feed & Search

Earthquakes worldwide from USGS: magnitude, place, time, coordinates, depth, tsunami flag, PAGER alert, felt reports, intensity. Filter by magnitude, date range or radius around a point.

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$0.30 / 1,000 earthquakes

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Earthquakes worldwide from USGS: magnitude, place, time, coordinates, depth, tsunami flag, PAGER alert, felt reports, intensity. Filter by magnitude, date range or radius around a point.

Why this actor

  • Radius search + date range; cheap for scheduled alerts.
  • Pay only for results: $0.30 per 1,000 earthquakes, no start fee, failed lookups are free.
  • Robust: automatic retries with exponential backoff, respects Retry-After, per-item error rows instead of crashed runs.
  • Clean, flat JSON/CSV/Excel output ready for Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, Clay, or the Apify API.

Use cases

  • Insurance and risk monitoring
  • Supply-chain disruption alerts
  • News automation
  • Education and research

Input

FieldTypeDescription
minMagnitudenumberFilter.
lastDaysintegerUsed when no start date.
startDatestringYYYY-MM-DD
endDatestringYYYY-MM-DD
centerstringRadius search center, e.g. 34.05,-118.24.
radiusKmintegerWith center.
orderBystringSort.
maxResultsintegerCap.
maxItemsinteger0 = no limit. Caps cost.

Example input:

{
"minMagnitude": 4.5,
"lastDays": 7,
"maxResults": 20
}

Output

Each dataset item looks like this (real sample from a test run, long fields trimmed):

{
"id": "us6000u28y",
"magnitude": 5.9,
"magType": "mww",
"place": "Fiji region",
"time": "2026-10-14T10:49:47.588000+00:00",
"latitude": -20.9899,
"longitude": -178.7711,
"depthKm": 585.07,
"tsunami": false,
"alert": null,
"significance": 536,
"feltReports": null,
"cdi": null,
"mmi": null,
"status": "reviewed",
"network": "us",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u28y",
"scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T16:30:19+00:00"
}

Rows that could not be processed contain an error field and are not charged.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.0003 per earthquake (= $0.30 / 1,000). Use Max results to cap spend. Apify's free plan credit covers thousands of results per month.

Integrations & API

Run on a schedule in Apify Console, call via the Apify API / Python & JS clients, or connect to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack and webhooks. Works as a tool for AI agents via Apify MCP.

FAQ

Is this an official tool? No. It is an independent actor and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by the data source or any trademark owner named here.

Is it legal? The actor only reads publicly available data from public endpoints, without logins, and does not bypass paywalls or access controls. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws (e.g. GDPR) and the source sites' terms.

Something broke? Open an issue in the Issues tab; we typically respond within 24 hours and ship fixes fast.