U.S. Geological Survey · Example Payload

Usgs Earthquake Api Earthquake Properties Example

Federal-GovernmentGeologicalEarth ScienceNatural ResourcesEarthquakeWaterHydrology

Usgs Earthquake Api Earthquake Properties Example is an example object payload from U.S. Geological Survey, with 22 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

magplacetimeupdatedurldetailfeltcdimmialertstatustsunamisignetcodemagTypetypetitlegapdminrmsnst

Example Payload

{
  "mag": 4.5,
  "place": "45 km NE of San Francisco, CA",
  "time": 1743840000000,
  "updated": 1743843600000,
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000n5no",
  "detail": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=us7000n5no&format=geojson",
  "felt": 23,
  "cdi": 3.5,
  "mmi": 3.2,
  "alert": "green",
  "status": "reviewed",
  "tsunami": 0,
  "sig": 312,
  "net": "us",
  "code": "7000n5no",
  "magType": "mb",
  "type": "earthquake",
  "title": "M 4.5 - 45 km NE of San Francisco, CA",
  "gap": 78,
  "dmin": 0.82,
  "rms": 0.45,
  "nst": 45
}

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