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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": 3.7541,
      "id": "tx2026jejpom",
      "latitude": 32.452,
      "longitude": -102.051,
      "magnitude": 2.6,
      "place": "32 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas",
      "time": 1778445494140,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2026jejpom"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 158.504,
      "id": "us6000swsg",
      "latitude": 36.7079,
      "longitude": 26.7078,
      "magnitude": 4.7,
      "place": "22 km W of Kéfalos, Greece",
      "time": 1778444994713,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000swsg"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 58.752,
      "id": "us6000sws5",
      "latitude": 20.495,
      "longitude": 94.1576,
      "magnitude": 5,
      "place": "74 km W of Yenangyaung, Burma (Myanmar)",
      "time": 1778441796864,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sws5"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 94.9,
      "id": "aka2026jfsvox",
      "latitude": 59.731,
      "longitude": -152.397,
      "magnitude": 4.1,
      "place": "32 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska",
      "time": 1778439589577,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026jfsvox"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 0.790000021457672,
      "id": "nc75358391",
      "latitude": 38.7783317565918,
      "longitude": -122.740669250488,
      "magnitude": 2.5,
      "place": "1 km E of The Geysers, CA",
      "time": 1778437876640,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75358391"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 11,
      "id": "pr2026130000",
      "latitude": 18.6873,
      "longitude": -63.6495,
      "magnitude": 3.56,
      "place": "79 km NW of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla",
      "time": 1778437637940,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2026130000"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 7.7144,
      "id": "nn00918224",
      "latitude": 39.2709,
      "longitude": -119.1034,
      "magnitude": 2.82,
      "place": "19 km SSE of Silver Springs, Nevada",
      "time": 1778437473556,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00918224"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 6,
      "id": "nn00918221",
      "latitude": 39.277,
      "longitude": -119.0956,
      "magnitude": 4.05,
      "place": "18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada",
      "time": 1778437333799,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00918221"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000swrg",
      "latitude": 18.7188,
      "longitude": 120.0451,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "62 km WNW of Davila, Philippines",
      "time": 1778433804727,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000swrg"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000swr8",
      "latitude": -16.8014,
      "longitude": -173.4234,
      "magnitude": 5.3,
      "place": "101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga",
      "time": 1778431303464,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000swr8"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 91.215,
      "id": "us6000swr6",
      "latitude": -5.3168,
      "longitude": 145.5539,
      "magnitude": 5.2,
      "place": "27 km WSW of Madang, Papua New Guinea",
      "time": 1778430873326,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000swr6"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 35,
      "id": "us6000swr0",
      "latitude": 0.6495,
      "longitude": 126.0166,
      "magnitude": 4.5,
      "place": "132 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia",
      "time": 1778428404021,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000swr0"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 128.1,
      "id": "aka2026jfmfzy",
      "latitude": 63.221,
      "longitude": -150.519,
      "magnitude": 2.7,
      "place": "69 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska",
      "time": 1778427713550,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026jfmfzy"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 12.03,
      "id": "ci41462904",
      "latitude": 32.9776666666667,
      "longitude": -115.546666666667,
      "magnitude": 2.68,
      "place": "2 km W of Brawley, CA",
      "time": 1778422605960,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41462904"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 35,
      "id": "us6000swq8",
      "latitude": 1.2342,
      "longitude": 120.5431,
      "magnitude": 4.7,
      "place": "248 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia",
      "time": 1778415874277,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000swq8"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000swq9",
      "latitude": 38.5344,
      "longitude": -27.5038,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "22 km SW of Santa Bárbara, Portugal",
      "time": 1778415682589,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000swq9"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 208.663,
      "id": "us6000swq2",
      "latitude": -24.0095,
      "longitude": -67.0041,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "73 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina",
      "time": 1778414364565,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000swq2"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 11.35,
      "id": "ci41462544",
      "latitude": 32.9813333333333,
      "longitude": -115.540833333333,
      "magnitude": 2.83,
      "place": "1 km WNW of Brawley, CA",
      "time": 1778411022920,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41462544"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 11.8400001525879,
      "id": "ci41462496",
      "latitude": 32.982666015625,
      "longitude": -115.544830322266,
      "magnitude": 2.95412912010478,
      "place": "1 km WNW of Brawley, CA",
      "time": 1778410045870,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41462496"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 2.8,
      "id": "aka2026jfbvzf",
      "latitude": 59.05,
      "longitude": -136.021,
      "magnitude": 3.2,
      "place": "38 km WSW of Haines, Alaska",
      "time": 1778409024827,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026jfbvzf"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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