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Earthquakes Scraper — USGS Seismic Events & Details

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Earthquakes Scraper — USGS Seismic Events & Details

Earthquakes Scraper — USGS Seismic Events & Details

Fetch recent earthquake events from the USGS FDSN API: magnitude, location, depth, tsunami flags. Filter by magnitude and radius. Free, no API key required.

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$1.00 / 1,000 result items

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Earthquakes Scraper

Fetches recent earthquake events from the USGS FDSN API. Returns magnitude, location, depth, tsunami flags, and event URLs. Filter by minimum magnitude, time window, or geographic radius.

No API key required — USGS data is public domain.

Modes

  • recent — quakes since N days above min magnitude
  • significant — magnitude 6+ events

Input

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
daysinteger1Look-back window in days
minMagnitudenumber2.5Minimum magnitude
limitinteger50Max results
latitude/longitudenumberOptional radius center

Example input

{"mode": "recent", "days": 7, "minMagnitude": 3.0}

Output

Structured JSON pushed to the run's dataset — one object per result. Errors (invalid input, API failures, empty results) are returned as structured error objects instead of failing the run.

Use cases

  • News & alerting
  • Risk monitoring for insurers
  • Education & science apps
  • Seismology research

Cost

Pay-per-result: $0.001 per result item (volume discounts available). Free to try — runs are billed only for results produced.