GET /earthquakes/significant
Saage 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. Tagastab location, magnitude, depth, and time. Kasulik 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": 15,
"data": [
{
"depth_km": 99.568,
"id": "us6000smj4",
"latitude": 4.8892,
"longitude": 126.1031,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "90 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines",
"time": 1775298871609,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000smj4"
},
{
"depth_km": 35,
"id": "us6000slwy",
"latitude": 1.1779,
"longitude": 126.4438,
"magnitude": 6.2,
"place": "113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia",
"time": 1775100233872,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000slwy"
},
{
"depth_km": 35,
"id": "us6000slss",
"latitude": 1.1171,
"longitude": 126.2965,
"magnitude": 7.4,
"place": "126 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia",
"time": 1775083693172,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000slss"
},
{
"depth_km": 108.831,
"id": "us7000s9cg",
"latitude": -7.0558,
"longitude": -76.1241,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "27 km ESE of Picota, Peru",
"time": 1775042425881,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000s9cg"
},
{
"depth_km": 121.28,
"id": "us7000s8q0",
"latitude": -15.3139,
"longitude": 167.5616,
"magnitude": 7.3,
"place": "48 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu",
"time": 1774860253823,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000s8q0"
},
{
"depth_km": 9.513,
"id": "us7000s7u4",
"latitude": 39.4462,
"longitude": 143.3717,
"magnitude": 6.5,
"place": "122 km E of Yamada, Japan",
"time": 1774534730947,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000s7u4"
},
{
"depth_km": 229.453,
"id": "us7000s789",
"latitude": -18.6678,
"longitude": -175.5601,
"magnitude": 7.5,
"place": "166 km W of Neiafu, Tonga",
"time": 1774327070555,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000s789"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000sii1",
"latitude": -15.2263,
"longitude": -172.6832,
"magnitude": 6.3,
"place": "144 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga",
"time": 1774193437033,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sii1"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000sii0",
"latitude": -15.1719,
"longitude": -172.5084,
"magnitude": 6.2,
"place": "149 km SSW of Lotofagā, Samoa",
"time": 1774193276537,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sii0"
},
{
"depth_km": 14,
"id": "us6000sidb",
"latitude": -15.1922,
"longitude": -172.96,
"magnitude": 6.2,
"place": "123 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga",
"time": 1774160136306,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sidb"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000si5l",
"latitude": 23.8601,
"longitude": -45.7987,
"magnitude": 6.6,
"place": "northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge",
"time": 1774095406629,
"tsunami": true,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000si5l"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000shnl",
"latitude": -19.2558,
"longitude": 168.3256,
"magnitude": 6.1,
"place": "105 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu",
"time": 1773973832528,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000shnl"
},
{
"depth_km": 4.869,
"id": "us6000shlp",
"latitude": -61.1525,
"longitude": -56.2683,
"magnitude": 6.6,
"place": "South Shetland Islands",
"time": 1773966122120,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000shlp"
},
{
"depth_km": 10,
"id": "us6000sg0y",
"latitude": -28.684,
"longitude": -71.6269,
"magnitude": 6.3,
"place": "85 km W of Vallenar, Chile",
"time": 1773409158599,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sg0y"
},
{
"depth_km": 378.035,
"id": "us7000s39n",
"latitude": 40.5769,
"longitude": 13.9885,
"magnitude": 6,
"place": "15 km SSE of Sant'Angelo, Italy",
"time": 1773097434245,
"tsunami": false,
"type": "earthquake",
"url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000s39n"
}
],
"success": true
}