Earthquakes

GET https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime={{eq-starttime}}&endtime={{eq-endtime}}

Visualizes earthquakes on a zoomable map as circles at the epicenter's coordinates with a radius corresponding to each earthquake's magnitude and hoverable tags over each circle


Sample JSON response { "type": "FeatureCollection", "metadata": { "generated": 1574451555000, "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2019-10-13&endtime=2019-10-16", "title": "USGS Earthquakes", "status": 200, "api": "1.8.1", "count": 1470 }, "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "mag": 1.3, "place": "58km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska", "time": 1571183323829, "updated": 1573176454895, "tz": -540, "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ak019d8oraxu", "detail": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=ak019d8oraxu&format=geojson", "felt": null, "cdi": null, "mmi": null, "alert": null, "status": "reviewed", "tsunami": 0, "sig": 26, "net": "ak", "code": "019d8oraxu", "ids": ",av62093936,ak019d8oraxu,", "sources": ",av,ak,", "types": ",geoserve,origin,phase-data,", "nst": null, "dmin": null, "rms": 0.5, "gap": null, "magType": "ml", "type": "earthquake", "title": "M 1.3 - 58km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -153.08629999999999, 59.991799999999998, 1.3999999999999999 ] }, "id": "ak019d8oraxu" }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "mag": 0.76000000000000001, "place": "14km SSW of Searles Valley, CA", "time": 1571183187360, "updated": 1571183397202, "tz": -480, "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39134488", "detail": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=ci39134488&format=geojson", "felt": null, "cdi": null, "mmi": null, "alert": null, "status": "automatic", "tsunami": 0, "sig": 9, "net": "ci", "code": "39134488", "ids": ",ci39134488,", "sources": ",ci,", "types": ",geoserve,nearby-cities,origin,phase-data,scitech-link,", "nst": 11, "dmin": 0.043630000000000002, "rms": 0.11, "gap": 96, "magType": "ml", "type": "earthquake", "title": "M 0.8 - 14km SSW of Searles Valley, CA" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -117.4746667, 35.6516667, 8.6899999999999995 ] }, "id": "ci39134488" }, ...


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Request Params

KeyDatatypeRequiredDescription
formatstring
starttimestring
endtimestring