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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": 5.2,
      "id": "aka2026tponmw",
      "latitude": 65.778,
      "longitude": -155.258,
      "magnitude": 2.7,
      "place": "53 km E of Huslia, Alaska",
      "time": 1791062078922,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026tponmw"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 49.8,
      "id": "aka2026tpogqq",
      "latitude": 55.976,
      "longitude": -158.022,
      "magnitude": 2.5,
      "place": "42 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska",
      "time": 1791061605650,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026tpogqq"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000tze6",
      "latitude": 14.1052,
      "longitude": -93.3523,
      "magnitude": 4.5,
      "place": "121 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico",
      "time": 1791059625577,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tze6"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000tze2",
      "latitude": 51.5457,
      "longitude": 159.8296,
      "magnitude": 5.1,
      "place": "182 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia",
      "time": 1791057644104,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tze2"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000tzdz",
      "latitude": 51.4038,
      "longitude": 159.9887,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "201 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia",
      "time": 1791055856985,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzdz"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 35,
      "id": "us6000tzdp",
      "latitude": 20.6061,
      "longitude": 93.3991,
      "magnitude": 4.9,
      "place": "72 km NE of Sittwe, Burma (Myanmar)",
      "time": 1791051166916,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzdp"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 81.86,
      "id": "us6000tzdj",
      "latitude": -6.0496,
      "longitude": 147.1678,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "76 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea",
      "time": 1791048252545,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzdj"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 68.4,
      "id": "aka2026tpgsir",
      "latitude": 57.876,
      "longitude": -154.672,
      "magnitude": 2.8,
      "place": "36 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska",
      "time": 1791048028442,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026tpgsir"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 50.31,
      "id": "us6000tzda",
      "latitude": 51.6964,
      "longitude": -175.2905,
      "magnitude": 4.1,
      "place": "93 km SW of Atka, Alaska",
      "time": 1791043611093,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzda"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 81.22,
      "id": "pr71535538",
      "latitude": 18.3371666666667,
      "longitude": -64.1651666666667,
      "magnitude": 3.26,
      "place": "66 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands",
      "time": 1791043434350,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71535538"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 41,
      "id": "pr2026276001",
      "latitude": 19.3481,
      "longitude": -68.9783,
      "magnitude": 3.71,
      "place": "40 km ENE of Samaná, Dominican Republic",
      "time": 1791039800910,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2026276001"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 140.138,
      "id": "us6000tzcv",
      "latitude": -6.4633,
      "longitude": 130.1704,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "Banda Sea",
      "time": 1791038980402,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzcv"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 0.0718,
      "id": "nn00925220",
      "latitude": 38.1089,
      "longitude": -116.0575,
      "magnitude": 2.65,
      "place": "58 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada",
      "time": 1791035909036,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00925220"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 5,
      "id": "us6000tzcn",
      "latitude": 38.9639,
      "longitude": -115.3046,
      "magnitude": 3.3,
      "place": "21 km WNW of Preston, Nevada",
      "time": 1791035892786,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzcn"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 453.487,
      "id": "us6000tzcm",
      "latitude": -27.4948,
      "longitude": -179.4827,
      "magnitude": 4.5,
      "place": "Kermadec Islands region",
      "time": 1791035471299,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzcm"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 7.43,
      "id": "pr71535513",
      "latitude": 18.4551666666667,
      "longitude": -67.386,
      "magnitude": 2.9,
      "place": "19 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico",
      "time": 1791034414930,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71535513"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 232.07,
      "id": "us6000tzc5",
      "latitude": -5.6287,
      "longitude": 148.3446,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "116 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea",
      "time": 1791025545564,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzc5"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 6,
      "id": "pr2026276000",
      "latitude": 18.4461,
      "longitude": -67.3978,
      "magnitude": 3.85,
      "place": "19 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico",
      "time": 1791023738360,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2026276000"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 63.9,
      "id": "aka2026toserr",
      "latitude": 56.299,
      "longitude": -156.29,
      "magnitude": 3.2,
      "place": "130 km E of Chignik, Alaska",
      "time": 1791021887331,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026toserr"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000tzbz",
      "latitude": 51.9144,
      "longitude": 160.6848,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "189 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia",
      "time": 1791021777391,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzbz"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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