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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": 67.723,
      "id": "us6000u4pq",
      "latitude": -4.0944,
      "longitude": -80.3538,
      "magnitude": 4.1,
      "place": "37 km ESE of Cañaveral, Peru",
      "time": 1792875423106,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4pq"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 1.99000000953674,
      "id": "nc75454321",
      "latitude": 38.8334999084473,
      "longitude": -122.803169250488,
      "magnitude": 2.52,
      "place": "7 km W of Cobb, CA",
      "time": 1792874357770,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75454321"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 70.184,
      "id": "us6000u4pa",
      "latitude": 52.1565,
      "longitude": 159.1963,
      "magnitude": 5.3,
      "place": "101 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia",
      "time": 1792874104576,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4pa"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4p1",
      "latitude": 28.7603,
      "longitude": 88.3994,
      "magnitude": 4.3,
      "place": "71 km SW of Rikaze, China",
      "time": 1792870453223,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4p1"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 22.398,
      "id": "us6000u4ny",
      "latitude": -20.025,
      "longitude": 168.7941,
      "magnitude": 4.9,
      "place": "73 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1792869500515,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4ny"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4nv",
      "latitude": -13.975,
      "longitude": 165.6556,
      "magnitude": 5,
      "place": "193 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1792868835895,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4nv"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": -0.13,
      "id": "uu80161711",
      "latitude": 38.525,
      "longitude": -112.9215,
      "magnitude": 2.67,
      "place": "16 km NNE of Milford, Utah",
      "time": 1792864741470,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu80161711"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4ng",
      "latitude": 41.8193,
      "longitude": -126.6544,
      "magnitude": 2.8,
      "place": "193 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon",
      "time": 1792864186312,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4ng"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 123.988,
      "id": "us6000u4na",
      "latitude": -21.3025,
      "longitude": -68.9699,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "74 km W of Ollagüe, Chile",
      "time": 1792862070377,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4na"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4n8",
      "latitude": -14.2056,
      "longitude": 165.9365,
      "magnitude": 4.8,
      "place": "153 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1792860855523,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4n8"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 1.7,
      "id": "aka2026vbyigb",
      "latitude": 69.02,
      "longitude": -144.492,
      "magnitude": 2.7,
      "place": "108 km NNE of Arctic Village, Alaska",
      "time": 1792857264778,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026vbyigb"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4my",
      "latitude": -13.9412,
      "longitude": 165.1696,
      "magnitude": 4.7,
      "place": "238 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1792856747533,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4my"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 12.486,
      "id": "us6000u4mn",
      "latitude": -54.0304,
      "longitude": 7.0149,
      "magnitude": 5.8,
      "place": "Bouvet Island region",
      "time": 1792855459882,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4mn"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4mm",
      "latitude": -13.8535,
      "longitude": 165.4608,
      "magnitude": 4.9,
      "place": "217 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1792855165185,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4mm"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4ml",
      "latitude": -13.8267,
      "longitude": 165.5148,
      "magnitude": 4.8,
      "place": "215 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1792854460810,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4ml"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4mi",
      "latitude": -13.7777,
      "longitude": 165.5398,
      "magnitude": 4.8,
      "place": "216 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
      "time": 1792849980775,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4mi"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4mg",
      "latitude": 32.5629,
      "longitude": 93.694,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "195 km NE of Nagqu, China",
      "time": 1792848394296,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4mg"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4m9",
      "latitude": 19.805,
      "longitude": 122.0872,
      "magnitude": 4.7,
      "place": "72 km S of Basco, Philippines",
      "time": 1792842488678,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4m9"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 181.216,
      "id": "us6000u4m7",
      "latitude": -1.6316,
      "longitude": -77.7768,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "22 km ENE of Palora, Ecuador",
      "time": 1792841445048,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4m7"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000u4m6",
      "latitude": 13.3207,
      "longitude": 51.5108,
      "magnitude": 4.9,
      "place": "148 km NNW of Kilmia, Yemen",
      "time": 1792840827157,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4m6"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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