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USGS Earthquake Hazards real-time feeds and event API

Worldwide events in rolling past-hour, past-day, past-7-day and past-30-day feeds, updated every minute. Feed variants include significant, M4.5+, M2.5+, M1.0+ and all events. The FDSN API supports historical date, magnitude and geographic filters and caps a query at 20,000 events.

Open earthquake.usgs.gov
Signal Scoredraft model
90
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
5 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-10-30
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
Free, no key. FDSN event queries return at most 20,000 events.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Customterms
Licence note
USGS says its authored or produced data and information are in the U.S. public domain, but some marked non-USGS media are copyrighted and need holder permission. USGS asks for proper credit.
Attribution
Requested: "When using information from USGS information products, publications, or websites, we ask that proper credit be given." Suggested short form: "Credit: U.S. Geological Survey".

// Evidence · verified 2026-10-30

  1. 01earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/geojson.php
  2. 02earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/csv.php
  3. 03earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  4. 04www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits
  5. 05earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/4.5_week.csv

// Good for

osintevent-datageospatialreal-timehistorical-data

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
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  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "Custom",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits",
  "lastVerified": "2026-10-30",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/geojson.php",
    "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/csv.php",
    "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/",
    "https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits",
    "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/4.5_week.csv"
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