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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": 2.96,
      "id": "ci40670930",
      "latitude": 33.8335,
      "longitude": -117.662666666667,
      "magnitude": 2.71,
      "place": "10 km WSW of Corona, CA",
      "time": 1786515453170,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40670930"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 2.4300000667572,
      "id": "ci40670922",
      "latitude": 33.8306655883789,
      "longitude": -117.656997680664,
      "magnitude": 3.10943572112956,
      "place": "9 km WSW of Corona, CA",
      "time": 1786515426410,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40670922"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000tk5j",
      "latitude": -55.9202,
      "longitude": -143.4933,
      "magnitude": 5.1,
      "place": "Pacific-Antarctic Ridge",
      "time": 1786511487487,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk5j"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 0.0349,
      "id": "nn00923208",
      "latitude": 38.1496,
      "longitude": -117.9664,
      "magnitude": 2.62,
      "place": "29 km SSE of Mina, Nevada",
      "time": 1786507830329,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00923208"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000tk5c",
      "latitude": 32.4564,
      "longitude": 130.4504,
      "magnitude": 4.9,
      "place": "14 km WSW of Honmachi, Japan",
      "time": 1786507551903,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk5c"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10.73,
      "id": "hv75018296",
      "latitude": 18.879,
      "longitude": -155.233333333333,
      "magnitude": 5.2,
      "place": "42 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii",
      "time": 1786506513980,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/hv75018296"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000tk55",
      "latitude": 51.5853,
      "longitude": 15.8885,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "4 km WNW of Radwanice, Poland",
      "time": 1786506316110,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk55"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 146.743,
      "id": "us6000tk52",
      "latitude": 6.0864,
      "longitude": 126.105,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "31 km SSW of Pondaguitan, Philippines",
      "time": 1786505893678,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk52"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 13.09,
      "id": "hv75018276",
      "latitude": 18.8843333333333,
      "longitude": -155.2425,
      "magnitude": 3.25,
      "place": "40 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii",
      "time": 1786504615850,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/hv75018276"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 29.679,
      "id": "us6000tk4r",
      "latitude": 18.8722,
      "longitude": -64.5367,
      "magnitude": 3.1,
      "place": "65 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands",
      "time": 1786499483634,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk4r"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 9.45,
      "id": "pr71528153",
      "latitude": 18.872,
      "longitude": -64.5163333333333,
      "magnitude": 3.28,
      "place": "66 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands",
      "time": 1786498954480,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71528153"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 7.1,
      "id": "pr71528143",
      "latitude": 19.044,
      "longitude": -66.1133333333333,
      "magnitude": 3.11,
      "place": "63 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico",
      "time": 1786497845290,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71528143"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 207.202,
      "id": "us6000tk4d",
      "latitude": 36.6352,
      "longitude": 71.0188,
      "magnitude": 4.1,
      "place": "30 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan",
      "time": 1786494412526,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk4d"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 41.008,
      "id": "us6000tk46",
      "latitude": 11.6775,
      "longitude": -87.3603,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "91 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua",
      "time": 1786491274811,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk46"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 34.264,
      "id": "us6000tk41",
      "latitude": -3.9381,
      "longitude": 139.9386,
      "magnitude": 4.7,
      "place": "167 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia",
      "time": 1786491194884,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk41"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 147.2,
      "id": "aka2026pvtuaw",
      "latitude": 60.105,
      "longitude": -153.257,
      "magnitude": 3.9,
      "place": "59 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska",
      "time": 1786487215321,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026pvtuaw"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 59.553,
      "id": "us6000tk3b",
      "latitude": 41.5705,
      "longitude": 142.1187,
      "magnitude": 4.8,
      "place": "81 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan",
      "time": 1786484753951,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk3b"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 43.011,
      "id": "us6000tk33",
      "latitude": 32.3871,
      "longitude": 69.6826,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "14 km NE of Wana, Pakistan",
      "time": 1786484224529,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tk33"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 2.45000004768372,
      "id": "nc75416222",
      "latitude": 38.8261680603027,
      "longitude": -122.803337097168,
      "magnitude": 2.76,
      "place": "7 km NW of The Geysers, CA",
      "time": 1786484114730,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75416222"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 2.75999999046326,
      "id": "nc75416217",
      "latitude": 38.8261680603027,
      "longitude": -122.804832458496,
      "magnitude": 2.99,
      "place": "7 km NW of The Geysers, CA",
      "time": 1786484097190,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75416217"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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