US Geological Survey Collections API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: USGS Earthquake Catalog Collections API
  description: The USGS Earthquake Catalog API is an implementation of the FDSN Event Web Service Specification, providing real-time and historical access to earthquake catalog data from the USGS National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) and contributing networks. The API allows queries by location, time, magnitude, depth, and other parameters with results in multiple formats.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    email: eq_questions@usgs.gov
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  license:
    name: US Government Work
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
servers:
- url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1
  description: USGS Earthquake Catalog Production Server
tags:
- name: Collections
  description: OGC API collection discovery
paths:
  /:
    get:
      operationId: getLandingPage
      summary: Get Landing Page
      description: Returns the API landing page with links to available resources.
      tags:
      - Collections
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Landing page
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /collections:
    get:
      operationId: listCollections
      summary: List Collections
      description: Returns a list of all available data collections in the USGS Water Data API.
      tags:
      - Collections
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of available collections
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionsList'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: API key missing or invalid
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
  schemas:
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code
          enum:
          - API_KEY_MISSING
          - OVER_RATE_LIMIT
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
    CollectionsList:
      type: object
      properties:
        collections:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                description: Collection identifier
              title:
                type: string
                description: Human-readable title
              description:
                type: string
                description: Description of the collection
              links:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          description: URL of the link
        rel:
          type: string
          description: Link relation type
        type:
          type: string
          description: Media type
        title:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable title
  parameters:
    formatParam:
      name: f
      in: query
      description: Response format
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - html
        - jsonld
        - csv
        default: json