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": 6,
"data": [
{
"depth_km": 16.3,
"id": "aka2026jcufoy",
"latitude": 50.981,
"longitude": 179.214,
"magnitude": 6.1,
"place": "Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska",
"time": 1778301741975,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026jcufoy"
},
{
"depth_km": 73.268,
"id": "us7000si2z",
"latitude": 11.7774,
"longitude": 125.3718,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "5 km WNW of Nena, Philippines",
"time": 1777874990058,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000si2z"
},
{
"depth_km": 81,
"id": "us6000st1m",
"latitude": 42.7138,
"longitude": 142.8827,
"magnitude": 6.1,
"place": "25 km WNW of Sarabetsu, Japan",
"time": 1777235035589,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000st1m"
},
{
"depth_km": 35,
"id": "us6000sri7",
"latitude": 39.9532,
"longitude": 143.0462,
"magnitude": 7.4,
"place": "100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan",
"time": 1776671580185,
"tsunami": true,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sri7"
},
{
"depth_km": 36,
"id": "us6000sred",
"latitude": -15.2155,
"longitude": -173.4844,
"magnitude": 6.1,
"place": "88 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga",
"time": 1776620087284,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sred"
},
{
"depth_km": 12,
"id": "us6000sqjb",
"latitude": -32.1443,
"longitude": -178.3174,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "south of the Kermadec Islands",
"time": 1776346203496,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sqjb"
}
],
"success": true
}