# Earthquakes Scraper — USGS Seismic Events & Details (`thriftykiwi/earthquakes-scraper`) Actor

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

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thriftykiwi/earthquakes-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Thrifty Kiwi](https://apify.com/thriftykiwi) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 result items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 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

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `days` | integer | `1` | Look-back window in days |
| `minMagnitude` | number | `2.5` | Minimum magnitude |
| `limit` | integer | `50` | Max results |
| `latitude/longitude` | number | `—` | Optional radius center |

### Example input

```json
{"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.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

recent = events since N days with minMagnitude; significant = magnitude 6+ events.

## `days` (type: `integer`):

Look back N days.

## `minMagnitude` (type: `number`):

Minimum magnitude to include.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum events to output.

## `latitude` (type: `number`):

Center latitude for radius search.

## `longitude` (type: `number`):

Center longitude for radius search.

## `maxRadiusKm` (type: `integer`):

Radius around lat/lon (used only if both provided).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "recent",
  "days": 1,
  "minMagnitude": 2.5,
  "limit": 50,
  "maxRadiusKm": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `id` (type: `string`):

No description

## `mag` (type: `string`):

No description

## `place` (type: `string`):

No description

## `time_iso` (type: `string`):

No description

## `depth_km` (type: `string`):

No description

## `latitude` (type: `string`):

No description

## `longitude` (type: `string`):

No description

## `tsunami` (type: `string`):

No description

## `url` (type: `string`):

No description

## `sig` (type: `string`):

No description

## `status` (type: `string`):

No description

## `type` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "recent",
    "days": 1,
    "minMagnitude": 2.5,
    "limit": 50,
    "maxRadiusKm": 1000
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thriftykiwi/earthquakes-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "recent",
    "days": 1,
    "minMagnitude": 2.5,
    "limit": 50,
    "maxRadiusKm": 1000,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thriftykiwi/earthquakes-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "recent",
  "days": 1,
  "minMagnitude": 2.5,
  "limit": 50,
  "maxRadiusKm": 1000
}' |
apify call thriftykiwi/earthquakes-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thriftykiwi/earthquakes-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/5T6haD8RENze1h29S/builds/TyM2CnnC4IOvCWcmP/openapi.json