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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": 35,
      "id": "us6000smxd",
      "latitude": 1.0968,
      "longitude": 126.5141,
      "magnitude": 4.5,
      "place": "102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia",
      "time": 1775415303213,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smxd"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000smxe",
      "latitude": 33.1057,
      "longitude": 106.2456,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "26 km SSE of Lüeyang Chengguanzhen, China",
      "time": 1775413921804,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smxe"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 136.838,
      "id": "us6000smx2",
      "latitude": 5.1615,
      "longitude": 127.5233,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "199 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines",
      "time": 1775412568423,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smx2"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 26.82,
      "id": "ci41433224",
      "latitude": 32.2238333333333,
      "longitude": -115.012166666667,
      "magnitude": 2.59,
      "place": "3 km NNW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX",
      "time": 1775412231900,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41433224"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 3.4300000667572,
      "id": "nc75339397",
      "latitude": 38.7991676330566,
      "longitude": -122.778167724609,
      "magnitude": 2.86,
      "place": "3 km NW of The Geysers, CA",
      "time": 1775411299930,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75339397"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 535.661,
      "id": "us6000smwy",
      "latitude": -22.2424,
      "longitude": -63.8449,
      "magnitude": 4.5,
      "place": "30 km SW of Yacuiba, Bolivia",
      "time": 1775411089657,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smwy"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 168.943,
      "id": "us6000smx0",
      "latitude": 1.4713,
      "longitude": 127.2699,
      "magnitude": 4.2,
      "place": "76 km N of Ternate, Indonesia",
      "time": 1775410822146,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smx0"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 11,
      "id": "us6000smwq",
      "latitude": -32.0691,
      "longitude": -177.9594,
      "magnitude": 5.4,
      "place": "south of the Kermadec Islands",
      "time": 1775409647491,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smwq"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000smww",
      "latitude": -32.0921,
      "longitude": -178.0867,
      "magnitude": 5.2,
      "place": "south of the Kermadec Islands",
      "time": 1775409591822,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smww"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 35,
      "id": "us6000smwn",
      "latitude": -31.9405,
      "longitude": -178.5931,
      "magnitude": 5.1,
      "place": "Kermadec Islands region",
      "time": 1775409041726,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smwn"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 31.4,
      "id": "aka2026grusft",
      "latitude": 58.762,
      "longitude": -149.908,
      "magnitude": 2.9,
      "place": "119 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska",
      "time": 1775405934440,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026grusft"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 18.2399997711182,
      "id": "nc75339342",
      "latitude": 36.5605010986328,
      "longitude": -121.16283416748,
      "magnitude": 2.82,
      "place": "4 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA",
      "time": 1775405671420,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75339342"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 5,
      "id": "us6000smw7",
      "latitude": 32.6494,
      "longitude": -104.4305,
      "magnitude": 3,
      "place": "13 km SSW of Atoka, New Mexico",
      "time": 1775405308694,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smw7"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 135.203,
      "id": "us6000smvy",
      "latitude": 24.8579,
      "longitude": 123.066,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "43 km N of Yonakuni, Japan",
      "time": 1775403241749,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smvy"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 0,
      "id": "aka2026grrcxc",
      "latitude": 62.847,
      "longitude": -149.09,
      "magnitude": 3.2,
      "place": "61 km S of Cantwell, Alaska",
      "time": 1775399431442,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026grrcxc"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 35,
      "id": "us6000smv5",
      "latitude": 1.1939,
      "longitude": 126.0842,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "109 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia",
      "time": 1775398536893,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smv5"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000smul",
      "latitude": 39.5371,
      "longitude": 74.6933,
      "magnitude": 4.9,
      "place": "111 km W of Kashgar, China",
      "time": 1775395470692,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smul"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000smui",
      "latitude": -32.0412,
      "longitude": -177.8645,
      "magnitude": 5.5,
      "place": "south of the Kermadec Islands",
      "time": 1775395335957,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smui"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 4.8,
      "id": "aka2026grnqbx",
      "latitude": 69.448,
      "longitude": -143.443,
      "magnitude": 2.6,
      "place": "76 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska",
      "time": 1775393065380,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026grnqbx"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 36.563,
      "id": "us6000smtb",
      "latitude": -0.1107,
      "longitude": 125.7522,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "159 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia",
      "time": 1775387354263,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smtb"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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