USGS Earthquake API

by earthquake.usgs.gov

Science and space Added on October 31st, 2026 Checked and working on November 2nd, 2026

What it does

The US Geological Survey publishes real-time and historical earthquake data for the whole world. Query earthquakes by time, location, radius, depth and magnitude, or count them first, and get the results as GeoJSON, CSV, KML or QuakeML (XML). Ready-made feeds give the earthquakes of the past hour, day, week or month. Free, public domain data, no key needed.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free, public domain data, no key needed.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: earthquake.usgs.gov
Last checked: Working on November 2nd, 2026

More information: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/

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USGS Earthquake API — earthquake.usgs.gov

Example request

curl

curl 'https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&limit=1'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&limit=1");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&limit=1",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.