Japan Earthquake Data

Real-time and historical earthquake data from Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). All 47 prefectures with magnitude, depth, seismic intensity. Output in English.

What does this actor do?

This actor extracts structured data and outputs it in a clean, machine-readable JSON format. All results are available via the Apify API and can be exported to CSV, JSON, Excel, and other formats.

Use cases

• Real-time earthquake monitoring for Japan
• Seismic risk analysis and research
• Travel safety alerts for Japan tourism
• Insurance and reinsurance risk assessment
• Earthquake data visualization and mapping
• Building and infrastructure safety compliance

Data source

Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) official public API. Data is freely available under the Public Data License (compatible with CC BY 4.0). Source attribution required.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Minimum Magnitude	number	No	-	Filter earthquakes by minimum magnitude (e.g., 3.0 for M3.0+).
Minimum Seismic Intensity	integer	No	-	Filter by minimum JMA seismic intensity scale (1-7).
Prefecture Filter	string	No	-	Filter by affected prefecture name in English (e.g., 'Tokyo', 'Osaka'). Leave empty for all.
Max Results	integer	No	50	Maximum number of earthquake records to return.
Log Level	string	No	INFO	Logging verbosity. Options: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR

Output format

Each result item contains the following fields:

{
    "city_code": "...",
    "max_intensity": "...",
    "prefecture_code": "...",
    "prefecture_name": "...",
    "max_intensity": "...",
    "cities": "...",
    "event_id": "...",
    "event_datetime": "...",
    "report_datetime": "...",
    "title": "...",
    "area_name": "...",
    "area_name_ja": "...",
    "area_code": "...",
    "latitude": "...",
    "longitude": "...",
    "depth_km": "...",
    "magnitude": "...",
    "max_intensity": "...",
    "max_intensity_description": "...",
    "affected_prefectures": "...",
    "detail_json_url": "...",
    "source": "...",
    "Format": "...",
    "PREFECTURE_CODES": "..."
}

How to use

Via Apify Console

1. Navigate to this actor's page on Apify Store
2. Configure the input parameters
3. Click Start and wait for the run to complete
4. Download results from the Dataset tab

Via Apify API

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("<ACTOR_ID>").call(run_input={
    "max_results": 100
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Integrations

This actor can be connected to various cloud services and web apps using integrations. You can integrate with services like Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, GitHub, and many more.

Pricing

This actor uses a pay-per-result pricing model at approximately $5 per 1,000 results. Actual costs may vary based on the complexity of the data extraction.