# USGS Seismic Design Data Web Services

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/seismic-design-api/  
**Provider:** US Geological Survey — https://apis.io/providers/us-geological-survey/  
**Documentation:** https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ws/designmaps/

USGS Seismic Design Data Web Services is one of 12 APIs that [US Geological Survey](https://apis.io/providers/us-geological-survey/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Seismic Design, Engineering, Hazards, and Federal-Government. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The USGS Seismic Design Data Web Services provide parameter values from seismic design reference documents for building and infrastructure design, supporting compliance with ASCE 7 and other engineering standards.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ws/designmaps/

## Other US Geological Survey APIs (11)

- [USGS ScienceBase Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/sciencebase-api/)
- [USGS Geomagnetism Web Service](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/geomagnetism-api/)
- [USGS National Map Services](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/national-map-api/)
- [US Geological Survey Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/us-geological-survey-collections-api/)
- [US Geological Survey Continuous Values API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/us-geological-survey-continuous-values-api/)
- [US Geological Survey Daily Values API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/us-geological-survey-daily-values-api/)
- [US Geological Survey Earthquakes API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/us-geological-survey-earthquakes-api/)
- [US Geological Survey Field Measurements API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/us-geological-survey-field-measurements-api/)
- [US Geological Survey Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/us-geological-survey-metadata-api/)
- [US Geological Survey Monitoring Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/us-geological-survey-monitoring-locations-api/)
- [US Geological Survey Time Series Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/us-geological-survey/us-geological-survey-time-series-metadata-api/)

## Tags

Seismic Design, Engineering, Hazards, Federal-Government

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