What you can ask
- “What does USGS Earthquakes have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
- “Pull the most recent USGS Earthquakes records and put them in a table.”
- “What does USGS Earthquakes cover, and how fresh is the data?”
About this source
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program - real-time and historical seismicity data. Search earthquakes by location, magnitude, date range, or get significant events. CRITICAL USAGE RULES: 1. No authentication required 2. Use searchByRadius() for location-based seismicity analysis 3. Magnitude scale: 0-2 micro, 2-4 minor, 4-6 moderate, 6+ major 4. Coordinates are latitude/longitude in WGS84
Connector ID usgs-earthquake
Provenance
Freshness & coverage
› Methods (5)
Technical detail for developers: parameters, pagination, units, and freshness per method.
searchEarthquakes
readSearch earthquake events by time, location, magnitude, and result ordering.
searchByRadius
readSearch earthquake events near coordinates by radius, time, magnitude, catalog, and contributor.
getSignificantEvents
readList significant earthquake events identified by the earthquake data service.
getEventDetail
readGet one USGS earthquake event by its exact event ID.
getRecentEvents
readGet a real-time USGS feed by magnitude threshold and period.