USGS Earthquake Data: Magnitude, Location & Depth Feed

Get earthquake events from the official USGS Earthquake Catalog: filter by date range, minimum magnitude, and radius around any coordinates. Returns magnitude, location, time, depth, coordinates, tsunami flag, felt reports and event links. Free public-domain data.

What does USGS Earthquake Data do?

Recent and historical earthquakes worldwide from USGS: magnitude, place, time, depth and tsunami flags.

What can you use it for?

• Monitor significant earthquakes with a scheduled run and alerts.
• Build hazard maps and dashboards for a region.
• Research seismic activity around a city or fault.
• Feed disaster-response or insurance workflows.

Why use this Actor?

• Fast and cheap: lightweight HTTP-based Actor with no browser, so runs finish in seconds and cost very little.
• No API keys or accounts needed for the data source (see notes below).
• Clean, structured JSON that you can export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull through the Apify API and integrations.
• Scheduling, webhooks and integrations: run it daily and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API.

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab (all fields have sensible defaults).

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
startDate	string	no	-	YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Empty = 7 days ago.
endDate	string	no	-	YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Empty = now.
minMagnitude	number	no	4.5	Only events at or above this magnitude.
maxMagnitude	number	no	-	Only events at or below this magnitude.
latitude	number	no	-	Center of a circular search area (-90 to 90).
longitude	number	no	-	Center of a circular search area (-180 to 180).
maxRadiusKm	number	no	-	Radius around latitude/longitude (max 20001).
orderBy	string (time / magnitude)	no	"time"	Newest first or largest first.
maxResults	integer	no	100	Maximum number of events (USGS allows up to 20,000).

Example input

{
  "minMagnitude": 4.5,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output

Results are stored in the default dataset. Download them from the Output tab or via the API.

Example result

{
  "id": "us6000tx9u",
  "magnitude": 5.3,
  "magnitudeType": "mww",
  "place": "15 km SSW of Hilvan, Turkey",
  "time": "2026-09-24T07:40:58.138Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-09-25T04:38:02.727Z",
  "latitude": 37.4736,
  "longitude": 38.8612,
  "depthKm": 10,
  "status": "reviewed",
  "tsunami": false,
  "feltReports": 9,
  "alertLevel": null,
  "significance": 437,
  "type": "earthquake",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tx9u",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-25T07:25:46.725Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Example
id	string	"us6000tx9u"
magnitude	number	5.3
magnitudeType	string	"mww"
place	string	"15 km SSW of Hilvan, Turkey"
time	string	"2026-09-24T07:40:58.138Z"
updatedAt	string	"2026-09-25T04:38:02.727Z"
latitude	number	37.4736
longitude	number	38.8612
depthKm	number	10
status	string	"reviewed"
tsunami	boolean	false
feltReports	number	9
alertLevel	null	null
significance	number	437
type	string	"earthquake"
url	string	"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000...
scrapedAt	string	"2026-09-25T07:25:46.725Z"

How much does it cost?

The Actor is billed by Apify according to the pricing shown on the Pricing tab of this page. Runs are small and fast, and the Apify Free plan includes monthly platform credits so you can try it at no cost. You can set a maximum cost per run, and the Actor stops cleanly when that limit is reached.

Notes and limitations

• Data is the USGS ComCat catalog (US government, public domain). Leave the start date empty for the last 7 days.
• To search around a place fill latitude, longitude and radius (km).

Tips

• Start with a small test run, then scale up the input.
• Use Schedules to automate recurring runs and Webhooks or Integrations to deliver the data where you need it.
• Call the Actor from your code with the Apify API or the official JavaScript and Python clients.

FAQ

How fresh is the data?

New events appear within minutes; magnitudes of recent events can be revised later.

Feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue from the Issues tab of this Actor and it will be looked at quickly.

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