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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": 27.58,
      "id": "pr71530678",
      "latitude": 19.1393333333333,
      "longitude": -64.729,
      "magnitude": 3.21,
      "place": "89 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands",
      "time": 1788388817350,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71530678"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 93.091,
      "id": "us7000tdr1",
      "latitude": -20.279,
      "longitude": 169.4012,
      "magnitude": 5.4,
      "place": "82 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1788384128653,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdr1"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 65.164,
      "id": "us7000tdqc",
      "latitude": -7.1815,
      "longitude": 146.1539,
      "magnitude": 5.4,
      "place": "53 km W of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea",
      "time": 1788379473407,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdqc"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10.5,
      "id": "aka2026rkeodu",
      "latitude": 52.123,
      "longitude": -169.254,
      "magnitude": 3.4,
      "place": "94 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska",
      "time": 1788377752492,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026rkeodu"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 59.6,
      "id": "aka2026rkdvdo",
      "latitude": 56.836,
      "longitude": -155.583,
      "magnitude": 2.9,
      "place": "86 km W of Akhiok, Alaska",
      "time": 1788376434488,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026rkdvdo"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 26.9,
      "id": "aka2026rjzpcc",
      "latitude": 56.434,
      "longitude": -156.344,
      "magnitude": 2.8,
      "place": "128 km E of Chignik, Alaska",
      "time": 1788368817409,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026rjzpcc"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 38.413,
      "id": "us7000tdn6",
      "latitude": 22.8619,
      "longitude": 144.06,
      "magnitude": 4.9,
      "place": "Volcano Islands, Japan region",
      "time": 1788357182378,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdn6"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 32.19,
      "id": "us7000tdn2",
      "latitude": 14.3184,
      "longitude": -93.285,
      "magnitude": 4.3,
      "place": "103 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico",
      "time": 1788356598008,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdn2"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 6.14,
      "id": "ci41540608",
      "latitude": 34.0145,
      "longitude": -117.589166666667,
      "magnitude": 3.2,
      "place": "6 km SE of Ontario, CA",
      "time": 1788352632690,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41540608"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us7000tdms",
      "latitude": -34.9815,
      "longitude": -109.0259,
      "magnitude": 5.9,
      "place": "southern East Pacific Rise",
      "time": 1788352556627,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdms"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 35,
      "id": "us7000tdmm",
      "latitude": 52.3538,
      "longitude": -169.4988,
      "magnitude": 5.2,
      "place": "78 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska",
      "time": 1788352321324,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdmm"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us7000tdmp",
      "latitude": 14.3909,
      "longitude": -92.9873,
      "magnitude": 5.6,
      "place": "71 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico",
      "time": 1788352111022,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdmp"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 56.8,
      "id": "aka2026rjqgna",
      "latitude": 57.169,
      "longitude": -155.219,
      "magnitude": 2.8,
      "place": "63 km SW of Karluk, Alaska",
      "time": 1788352029966,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026rjqgna"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 84.064,
      "id": "us7000tdkr",
      "latitude": -56.3968,
      "longitude": -26.904,
      "magnitude": 5.2,
      "place": "South Sandwich Islands region",
      "time": 1788346442666,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdkr"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 5.1,
      "id": "aka2026rjlilh",
      "latitude": 52.055,
      "longitude": -169.135,
      "magnitude": 3.7,
      "place": "100 km S of Nikolski, Alaska",
      "time": 1788343170127,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026rjlilh"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 9.1,
      "id": "aka2026rjkapx",
      "latitude": 52.074,
      "longitude": -169.24,
      "magnitude": 4.1,
      "place": "99 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska",
      "time": 1788340830224,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026rjkapx"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 17.2,
      "id": "aka2026rjjffy",
      "latitude": 52.176,
      "longitude": -169.323,
      "magnitude": 3.8,
      "place": "90 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska",
      "time": 1788339353305,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026rjjffy"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 4,
      "id": "aka2026rjinrp",
      "latitude": 52.173,
      "longitude": -169.107,
      "magnitude": 3.4,
      "place": "86 km S of Nikolski, Alaska",
      "time": 1788338136704,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026rjinrp"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 135,
      "id": "pr2026245000",
      "latitude": 17.4213,
      "longitude": -63.7791,
      "magnitude": 3.79,
      "place": "60 km WSW of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba ",
      "time": 1788337980660,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2026245000"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 25.6100006103516,
      "id": "nc75428637",
      "latitude": 39.7343330383301,
      "longitude": -122.063163757324,
      "magnitude": 2.96,
      "place": "4 km WSW of Hamilton City, CA",
      "time": 1788337107530,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75428637"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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