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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": 102.4,
      "id": "aka2026modcgy",
      "latitude": 58.462,
      "longitude": -154.551,
      "magnitude": 2.9,
      "place": "99 km N of Karluk, Alaska",
      "time": 1782481010354,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026modcgy"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 50.925,
      "id": "us6000t8fe",
      "latitude": 35.5228,
      "longitude": 138.8566,
      "magnitude": 5.7,
      "place": "7 km N of Oshino, Japan",
      "time": 1782480541877,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8fe"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 120.479,
      "id": "us6000t8ey",
      "latitude": 12.0312,
      "longitude": -86.4565,
      "magnitude": 5.2,
      "place": "7 km NE of Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua",
      "time": 1782475045458,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8ey"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000t8ei",
      "latitude": 30.3661,
      "longitude": 69.6336,
      "magnitude": 5.2,
      "place": "52 km NNE of Barkhan, Pakistan",
      "time": 1782474527037,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8ei"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 100.680000305176,
      "id": "hv74991602",
      "latitude": 19.7014999389648,
      "longitude": -155.768173217773,
      "magnitude": 3.19,
      "place": "20 km ENE of Hōlualoa, Hawaii",
      "time": 1782474385630,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/hv74991602"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 42,
      "id": "us6000t8ec",
      "latitude": 5.2392,
      "longitude": 125.1965,
      "magnitude": 6.5,
      "place": "34 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines",
      "time": 1782473681498,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8ec"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 35,
      "id": "us6000t8ed",
      "latitude": -6.9205,
      "longitude": 155.4761,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "66 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea",
      "time": 1782473565723,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8ed"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 20.92,
      "id": "pr71521423",
      "latitude": 18.9936666666667,
      "longitude": -66.7765,
      "magnitude": 3.08,
      "place": "56 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico",
      "time": 1782463531070,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71521423"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000t8dx",
      "latitude": 16.5672,
      "longitude": -59.5784,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "162 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe",
      "time": 1782462184558,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8dx"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 17.08,
      "id": "uw714033461",
      "latitude": 47.6295,
      "longitude": -121.758833333333,
      "magnitude": 2.5,
      "place": "11 km E of Carnation, Washington",
      "time": 1782461214510,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw714033461"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 6.96000003814697,
      "id": "hv74991467",
      "latitude": 18.886833190918,
      "longitude": -155.218826293945,
      "magnitude": 2.84,
      "place": "42 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii",
      "time": 1782460357270,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/hv74991467"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": -3.38000011444092,
      "id": "uu80143376",
      "latitude": 41.5634994506836,
      "longitude": -109.885665893555,
      "magnitude": 3.26,
      "place": "3 km NW of Little America, Wyoming",
      "time": 1782459057610,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu80143376"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 39.212,
      "id": "us6000t8dq",
      "latitude": 40.0393,
      "longitude": 142.9911,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "99 km ENE of Miyako, Japan",
      "time": 1782458520186,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8dq"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000t8di",
      "latitude": -32.4752,
      "longitude": -177.9409,
      "magnitude": 5.1,
      "place": "south of the Kermadec Islands",
      "time": 1782454739942,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8di"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000t8dg",
      "latitude": 30.2589,
      "longitude": 69.8305,
      "magnitude": 4.7,
      "place": "49 km NE of Barkhan, Pakistan",
      "time": 1782453472671,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8dg"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 7,
      "id": "nc75384521",
      "latitude": 39.3660011291504,
      "longitude": -123.227165222168,
      "magnitude": 2.61,
      "place": "11 km N of Redwood Valley, CA",
      "time": 1782452495660,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75384521"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": -1.13,
      "id": "uw714033381",
      "latitude": 47.222,
      "longitude": -121.158666666667,
      "magnitude": 2.9,
      "place": "2 km SE of Easton, Washington",
      "time": 1782451889530,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw714033381"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 16.7,
      "id": "aka2026mnmqfw",
      "latitude": 64.83,
      "longitude": -147.411,
      "magnitude": 3.1,
      "place": "6 km ENE of Badger, Alaska",
      "time": 1782451390679,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026mnmqfw"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 35,
      "id": "us6000t8d7",
      "latitude": 14.3951,
      "longitude": -92.691,
      "magnitude": 4.1,
      "place": "46 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico",
      "time": 1782449941705,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8d7"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000t8d1",
      "latitude": 10.4537,
      "longitude": -68.3607,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "17 km WSW of Morón, Venezuela",
      "time": 1782447570378,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t8d1"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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