GET /earthquakes/significant
Get only the most significant recent earthquakes (magnitude 6.0 and above) from USGS. These are the events that can cause major damage and are felt across wide areas. Returns location, magnitude, depth, and time. Useful for disaster response dashboards, news apps covering natural disasters, and global risk assessment tools that focus on high-impact seismic events.
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/earthquakes/significant
{
"count": 14,
"data": [
{
"depth_km": 125.905,
"id": "us7000tdrv",
"latitude": -56.2062,
"longitude": -27.9085,
"magnitude": 6.2,
"place": "South Sandwich Islands region",
"time": 1788392817617,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tdrv"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us7000tcf3",
"latitude": 13.2654,
"longitude": 50.5425,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "145 km N of Caluula, Somalia",
"time": 1787864858352,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tcf3"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000tn41",
"latitude": -6.6264,
"longitude": 127.4598,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "215 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste",
"time": 1787580617299,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tn41"
},
{
"depth_km": 41,
"id": "us6000tmz6",
"latitude": 41.8495,
"longitude": 142.802,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "32 km SSW of Honchō, Japan",
"time": 1787492693389,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tmz6"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000tmrw",
"latitude": -60.3789,
"longitude": -47.6047,
"magnitude": 6.2,
"place": "Scotia Sea",
"time": 1787386957740,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tmrw"
},
{
"depth_km": 99,
"id": "us6000tm81",
"latitude": -14.602,
"longitude": -73.6401,
"magnitude": 6.7,
"place": "37 km NE of Tambo, Peru",
"time": 1787248818541,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tm81"
},
{
"depth_km": 188.148,
"id": "us6000tl4w",
"latitude": -14.5474,
"longitude": 167.1934,
"magnitude": 6.1,
"place": "56 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
"time": 1786850424373,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tl4w"
},
{
"depth_km": 175,
"id": "us6000tkyk",
"latitude": 2.9863,
"longitude": 98.9853,
"magnitude": 6.9,
"place": "9 km WNW of Pematangsiantar, Indonesia",
"time": 1786791291798,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkyk"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000tkuc",
"latitude": -8.2904,
"longitude": 121.5625,
"magnitude": 6.1,
"place": "62 km N of Ende, Indonesia",
"time": 1786746517743,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkuc"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000tkt2",
"latitude": -8.3514,
"longitude": 121.3478,
"magnitude": 7.8,
"place": "64 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia",
"time": 1786744701505,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkt2"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000tk74",
"latitude": -60.2445,
"longitude": -28.9899,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "South Sandwich Islands region",
"time": 1786535232117,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk74"
},
{
"depth_km": 108.174,
"id": "us6000tjl2",
"latitude": 4.8836,
"longitude": -76.2182,
"magnitude": 7.4,
"place": "2 km SE of San José del Palmar, Colombia",
"time": 1786365268009,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tjl2"
},
{
"depth_km": 216.73,
"id": "us6000ti8i",
"latitude": -33.6969,
"longitude": 179.4683,
"magnitude": 6.3,
"place": "south of the Kermadec Islands",
"time": 1785915806215,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000ti8i"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000ti6x",
"latitude": 5.1995,
"longitude": 125.3134,
"magnitude": 6.3,
"place": "28 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines",
"time": 1785903246073,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000ti6x"
}
],
"success": true
}