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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": 10,
      "id": "us6000szjs",
      "latitude": 33.6084,
      "longitude": 90.147,
      "magnitude": 5.1,
      "place": "296 km NW of Nagqu, China",
      "time": 1779470187912,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szjs"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 61.454,
      "id": "us6000szjp",
      "latitude": 40.3053,
      "longitude": 142.2201,
      "magnitude": 4.6,
      "place": "40 km ENE of Kuji, Japan",
      "time": 1779468838546,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szjp"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 82.544,
      "id": "us6000szjk",
      "latitude": 49.2545,
      "longitude": 155.1606,
      "magnitude": 4.4,
      "place": "172 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia",
      "time": 1779467118916,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szjk"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 8.32,
      "id": "ok2026jywf",
      "latitude": 36.21116667,
      "longitude": -97.06683333,
      "magnitude": 2.9,
      "place": "10 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma",
      "time": 1779466689750,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ok2026jywf"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000szhe",
      "latitude": 28.3624,
      "longitude": -102.7975,
      "magnitude": 3,
      "place": "103 km ENE of Hércules, Mexico",
      "time": 1779462514397,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szhe"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 113.11,
      "id": "pr71517558",
      "latitude": 18.2013333333333,
      "longitude": -68.0488333333333,
      "magnitude": 3.44,
      "place": "56 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic",
      "time": 1779459358240,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71517558"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 5,
      "id": "aka2026kbnhsm",
      "latitude": 58.511,
      "longitude": -150.676,
      "magnitude": 2.8,
      "place": "114 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska",
      "time": 1779458832124,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026kbnhsm"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000szgr",
      "latitude": 52.3981,
      "longitude": -171.8188,
      "magnitude": 4.5,
      "place": "164 km E of Atka, Alaska",
      "time": 1779453972868,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szgr"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 19.2,
      "id": "pr71517538",
      "latitude": 18.7743333333333,
      "longitude": -68.1058333333333,
      "magnitude": 3.24,
      "place": "38 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic",
      "time": 1779453194590,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71517538"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 14.926,
      "id": "us6000szgm",
      "latitude": 52.5074,
      "longitude": -171.7064,
      "magnitude": 5.6,
      "place": "173 km E of Atka, Alaska",
      "time": 1779452174095,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szgm"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 7.8943,
      "id": "tx2026jzqzgi",
      "latitude": 31.548,
      "longitude": -104.137,
      "magnitude": 2.5,
      "place": "41 km NW of Toyah, Texas",
      "time": 1779447071197,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2026jzqzgi"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000szgb",
      "latitude": -2.857,
      "longitude": 147.713,
      "magnitude": 5.7,
      "place": "103 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea",
      "time": 1779444499139,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szgb"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 38.248,
      "id": "us6000szg7",
      "latitude": 8.8755,
      "longitude": -83.3957,
      "magnitude": 4.5,
      "place": "17 km SE of Puerto Cortés, Costa Rica",
      "time": 1779441603617,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szg7"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 5,
      "id": "us6000szfq",
      "latitude": 60.3985,
      "longitude": -139.5015,
      "magnitude": 2.6,
      "place": "95 km N of Yakutat, Alaska",
      "time": 1779438068203,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szfq"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000szfp",
      "latitude": -61.6801,
      "longitude": 154.2037,
      "magnitude": 4.9,
      "place": "Balleny Islands region",
      "time": 1779437061659,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szfp"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 6,
      "id": "pr2026142000",
      "latitude": 18.0573,
      "longitude": -67.1421,
      "magnitude": 3.19,
      "place": "3 km S of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico",
      "time": 1779433776570,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2026142000"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 10,
      "id": "us6000szfd",
      "latitude": 51.9382,
      "longitude": -169.1042,
      "magnitude": 4.7,
      "place": "112 km S of Nikolski, Alaska",
      "time": 1779431617455,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000szfd"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 68.74,
      "id": "pr71517518",
      "latitude": 18.6061666666667,
      "longitude": -66.1338333333333,
      "magnitude": 2.67,
      "place": "15 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico",
      "time": 1779424623810,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71517518"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 8.19,
      "id": "ci41472056",
      "latitude": 35.028,
      "longitude": -119.130166666667,
      "magnitude": 2.74,
      "place": "20 km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA",
      "time": 1779424318860,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41472056"
    },
    {
      "depth_km": 5.3308,
      "id": "tx2026jzctfl",
      "latitude": 31.73,
      "longitude": -104.354,
      "magnitude": 2.5,
      "place": "49 km S of Whites City, New Mexico",
      "time": 1779421306885,
      "tsunami": false,
      "type": "earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2026jzctfl"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
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