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OpenAPI Specification

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