Usgs Earthquake Query Example

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Usgs Earthquake Query Example is an example object payload from US Geological Survey, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
Top-level fields

summaryrequestresponse
Example Payload

{
  "summary": "Example GeoJSON response from the USGS Earthquake Catalog API",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2026-04-28T00:00:00&endtime=2026-04-28T23:59:59&minmagnitude=4.5&orderby=magnitude"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "type": "FeatureCollection",
      "metadata": {
        "generated": 1745798400000,
        "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2026-04-28T00:00:00&endtime=2026-04-28T23:59:59&minmagnitude=4.5&orderby=magnitude",
        "title": "USGS Significant Earthquakes, April 28, 2026",
        "status": 200,
        "api": "1.14.1",
        "count": 3
      },
      "features": [
        {
          "type": "Feature",
          "properties": {
            "mag": 6.2,
            "place": "87 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan",
            "time": 1745798400000,
            "updated": 1745801000000,
            "tz": null,
            "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pqrst",
            "detail": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=us7000pqrst&format=geojson",
            "felt": 342,
            "cdi": 6.8,
            "mmi": 6.5,
            "alert": "green",
            "status": "reviewed",
            "tsunami": 0,
            "sig": 592,
            "net": "us",
            "code": "7000pqrst",
            "ids": ",us7000pqrst,",
            "sources": ",us,",
            "types": ",origin,phase-data,",
            "nst": 89,
            "dmin": 0.456,
            "rms": 0.87,
            "gap": 42,
            "magType": "mww",
            "type": "earthquake",
            "title": "M 6.2 - 87 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan"
          },
          "geometry": {
            "type": "Point",
            "coordinates": [121.8934, 24.3215, 18.5]
          },
          "id": "us7000pqrst"
        },
        {
          "type": "Feature",
          "properties": {
            "mag": 5.1,
            "place": "South of the Fiji Islands",
            "time": 1745762400000,
            "updated": 1745763200000,
            "tz": null,
            "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pqrsu",
            "detail": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=us7000pqrsu&format=geojson",
            "felt": null,
            "cdi": null,
            "mmi": null,
            "alert": null,
            "status": "reviewed",
            "tsunami": 0,
            "sig": 395,
            "net": "us",
            "code": "7000pqrsu",
            "ids": ",us7000pqrsu,",
            "sources": ",us,",
            "types": ",origin,",
            "nst": 45,
            "dmin": 5.234,
            "rms": 0.65,
            "gap": 78,
            "magType": "mb",
            "type": "earthquake",
            "title": "M 5.1 - South of the Fiji Islands"
          },
          "geometry": {
            "type": "Point",
            "coordinates": [-177.2341, -22.8923, 560.0]
          },
          "id": "us7000pqrsu"
        },
        {
          "type": "Feature",
          "properties": {
            "mag": 4.8,
            "place": "26 km SSW of Ridgecrest, California",
            "time": 1745721600000,
            "updated": 1745725000000,
            "tz": -420,
            "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39876543",
            "detail": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=ci39876543&format=geojson",
            "felt": 1289,
            "cdi": 5.4,
            "mmi": 5.2,
            "alert": null,
            "status": "reviewed",
            "tsunami": 0,
            "sig": 360,
            "net": "ci",
            "code": "39876543",
            "ids": ",ci39876543,us7000pqrsv,",
            "sources": ",ci,us,",
            "types": ",dyfi,origin,phase-data,shakemap,",
            "nst": 123,
            "dmin": 0.123,
            "rms": 0.43,
            "gap": 24,
            "magType": "mw",
            "type": "earthquake",
            "title": "M 4.8 - 26 km SSW of Ridgecrest, California"
          },
          "geometry": {
            "type": "Point",
            "coordinates": [-117.8234, 35.4321, 8.0]
          },
          "id": "ci39876543"
        }
      ],
      "bbox": [-177.2341, -22.8923, 8.0, 121.8934, 35.4321, 560.0]
    }
  }
}