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Recent Earthquakes

GET /earthquakes

Get recent earthquakes worldwide from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) seismic network. Returns location, magnitude, depth, time, and coordinates for each event. Filter by minimum magnitude (default 2.5) and limit results. Useful for seismology dashboards, natural disaster monitoring tools, safety alert systems, and educational apps about plate tectonics. Data is updated in near real-time.

Parameters

min_magnitude optional default: 2.5

Minimum magnitude

limit optional default: 20

Limit

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/earthquakes
All earthquakes above magnitude 4
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/earthquakes?min_magnitude=4&limit=10"
Last 50 earthquakes worldwide
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/earthquakes?limit=50"
Only significant earthquakes (mag 6+)
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/earthquakes?min_magnitude=6"

Live Response 

{
  "count": 20,
  "data": [
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us7000tupp",
      "latitude": -14.0776,
      "longitude": 165.767,
      "magnitude": 4.8,
      "place": "176 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1793534211778,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tupp"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us7000tupl",
      "latitude": -14.1689,
      "longitude": 165.8242,
      "magnitude": 6,
      "place": "165 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1793533623778,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tupl"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 5.415,
      "id": "us7000tupi",
      "latitude": 32.2509,
      "longitude": -104.505,
      "magnitude": 2.8,
      "place": "14 km NW of Whites City, New Mexico",
      "time": 1793533466013,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tupi"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 70.4,
      "id": "aka2026vqjriv",
      "latitude": 60.198,
      "longitude": -150.932,
      "magnitude": 4.3,
      "place": "24 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska",
      "time": 1793532621662,
      "tsunami": true,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026vqjriv"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 133.873,
      "id": "us7000tupb",
      "latitude": 36.2745,
      "longitude": 70.0514,
      "magnitude": 4.3,
      "place": "37 km SSE of Farkhār, Afghanistan",
      "time": 1793531026375,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tupb"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 31.862,
      "id": "us7000tupa",
      "latitude": 51.1595,
      "longitude": -178.4305,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska",
      "time": 1793530579846,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tupa"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 377.883,
      "id": "us7000tup7",
      "latitude": -5.9502,
      "longitude": 127.7611,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "253 km S of Ambon, Indonesia",
      "time": 1793529115810,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tup7"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 39.028,
      "id": "us7000tup4",
      "latitude": 39.8128,
      "longitude": 143.3008,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "118 km E of Miyako, Japan",
      "time": 1793528340745,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tup4"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 45.3,
      "id": "aka2026vqgirx",
      "latitude": 57.983,
      "longitude": -153.32,
      "magnitude": 2.5,
      "place": "25 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska",
      "time": 1793526628082,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026vqgirx"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 118.799,
      "id": "us7000tunq",
      "latitude": 24.8805,
      "longitude": 122.0621,
      "magnitude": 4.8,
      "place": "33 km SE of Jiufen, Taiwan",
      "time": 1793521207549,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tunq"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 8.8135,
      "id": "tx2026vmrfsu",
      "latitude": 32.107,
      "longitude": -101.896,
      "magnitude": 2.7,
      "place": "10 km WSW of Stanton, Texas",
      "time": 1793521013064,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2026vmrfsu"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 9.248,
      "id": "us7000tunh",
      "latitude": 37.0038,
      "longitude": -104.9525,
      "magnitude": 3.7,
      "place": "17 km SSW of Weston, Colorado",
      "time": 1793519718998,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tunh"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us7000tung",
      "latitude": -13.9872,
      "longitude": 165.6642,
      "magnitude": 4.7,
      "place": "191 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1793518667343,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tung"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us7000tund",
      "latitude": -13.8611,
      "longitude": 165.6455,
      "magnitude": 5.1,
      "place": "201 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1793516454331,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tund"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 26.1499996185303,
      "id": "uw714133271",
      "latitude": 44.332332611084,
      "longitude": -124.497169494629,
      "magnitude": 2.84512627124786,
      "place": "31 km W of Yachats, Oregon",
      "time": 1793515869850,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw714133271"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us7000tun8",
      "latitude": -13.8672,
      "longitude": 165.6167,
      "magnitude": 5.4,
      "place": "203 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1793514402287,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tun8"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 89.5,
      "id": "aka2026vpymex",
      "latitude": 60.795,
      "longitude": -151.792,
      "magnitude": 3.2,
      "place": "29 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska",
      "time": 1793512470622,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026vpymex"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 202.07,
      "id": "us7000tumy",
      "latitude": -23.6386,
      "longitude": -66.6315,
      "magnitude": 4.8,
      "place": "71 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina",
      "time": 1793511114598,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tumy"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 3.47,
      "id": "pr71538183",
      "latitude": 18.6138333333333,
      "longitude": -64.4968333333333,
      "magnitude": 2.66,
      "place": "44 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands",
      "time": 1793507168840,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71538183"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 14.1,
      "id": "aka2026vpshhn",
      "latitude": 55.298,
      "longitude": -158.917,
      "magnitude": 3,
      "place": "69 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska",
      "time": 1793501339241,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026vpshhn"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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