openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: USGS Earthquake Catalog Collections Metadata 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: Metadata
description: API metadata and discovery operations
paths:
/catalogs:
get:
operationId: listCatalogs
summary: List Earthquake Catalogs
description: Returns a list of available earthquake catalogs that can be queried.
tags:
- Metadata
responses:
'200':
description: List of available catalogs
content:
application/xml:
schema:
type: string
/contributors:
get:
operationId: listContributors
summary: List Data Contributors
description: Returns a list of available data contributors to the earthquake catalog.
tags:
- Metadata
responses:
'200':
description: List of available contributors
content:
application/xml:
schema:
type: string
/version:
get:
operationId: getVersion
summary: Get API Version
description: Returns the full version number of the earthquake catalog web service.
tags:
- Metadata
responses:
'200':
description: Service version number
content:
text/plain:
schema:
type: string