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": 17,
"data": [
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000u4jb",
"latitude": -14.0424,
"longitude": 165.8666,
"magnitude": 6.3,
"place": "170 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
"time": 1792809357362,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4jb"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000u4j2",
"latitude": -14.0558,
"longitude": 165.5455,
"magnitude": 6.9,
"place": "197 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
"time": 1792809088641,
"tsunami": true,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u4j2"
},
{
"depth_km": 18,
"id": "us6000u43g",
"latitude": 32.3805,
"longitude": 93.7797,
"magnitude": 7,
"place": "191 km ENE of Nagqu, China",
"time": 1792679620353,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u43g"
},
{
"depth_km": 16,
"id": "us6000u3jl",
"latitude": -13.9906,
"longitude": 165.5892,
"magnitude": 6.3,
"place": "197 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
"time": 1792470038737,
"tsunami": true,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u3jl"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "pt26293000",
"latitude": -13.869,
"longitude": 165.713,
"magnitude": 6.6,
"place": "195 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
"time": 1792470037000,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt26293000"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000u3bc",
"latitude": -14.0533,
"longitude": 165.6761,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "186 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
"time": 1792396144900,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u3bc"
},
{
"depth_km": 135,
"id": "us6000u2mq",
"latitude": 51.9848,
"longitude": 157.2701,
"magnitude": 6.9,
"place": "76 km NE of Ozernovskiy, Russia",
"time": 1792121731925,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u2mq"
},
{
"depth_km": 20.842,
"id": "us6000u24c",
"latitude": -5.4832,
"longitude": 152.1364,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "126 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea",
"time": 1791917103231,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u24c"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000u214",
"latitude": -0.4085,
"longitude": -19.4308,
"magnitude": 6.8,
"place": "central Mid-Atlantic Ridge",
"time": 1791894187248,
"tsunami": true,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u214"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000u1z5",
"latitude": 0.1685,
"longitude": -19.8598,
"magnitude": 6.7,
"place": "central Mid-Atlantic Ridge",
"time": 1791870286919,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u1z5"
},
{
"depth_km": 11,
"id": "us6000u1wn",
"latitude": 7.7098,
"longitude": -81.4715,
"magnitude": 6.1,
"place": "15 km W of Río Grande, Panama",
"time": 1791847236005,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u1wn"
},
{
"depth_km": 31,
"id": "us6000u1kv",
"latitude": -7.0483,
"longitude": 155.7498,
"magnitude": 6.2,
"place": "86 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea",
"time": 1791727640554,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u1kv"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000u1cf",
"latitude": 7.5068,
"longitude": -80.5985,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "7 km N of La Tronosa, Panama",
"time": 1791605641786,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u1cf"
},
{
"depth_km": 24.044,
"id": "us6000u19w",
"latitude": 7.7013,
"longitude": -81.444,
"magnitude": 6.6,
"place": "12 km W of Río Grande, Panama",
"time": 1791577540656,
"tsunami": true,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u19w"
},
{
"depth_km": 12.647,
"id": "us6000u18k",
"latitude": 7.5868,
"longitude": -80.769,
"magnitude": 7.7,
"place": "12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama",
"time": 1791568566036,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000u0xi",
"latitude": -15.5411,
"longitude": 168.1889,
"magnitude": 6.3,
"place": "102 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu",
"time": 1791450007768,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u0xi"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000txpi",
"latitude": -21.3128,
"longitude": 168.5544,
"magnitude": 6.7,
"place": "74 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia",
"time": 1790371383906,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000txpi"
}
],
"success": true
}