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Usgs Earthquake Api Earthquake Feature Structure

A GeoJSON Feature representing a single earthquake event.

Type: object Properties: 4
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EarthquakeFeature is a JSON Structure definition published by U.S. Geological Survey, describing 4 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

type properties geometry id

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-structure/usgs-earthquake-api-earthquake-feature-structure.json",
  "description": "A GeoJSON Feature representing a single earthquake event.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "GeoJSON object type (always Feature).",
      "example": "Feature"
    },
    "properties": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EarthquakeProperties"
    },
    "geometry": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EarthquakeGeometry"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique USGS event identifier.",
      "example": "us7000n5no"
    }
  },
  "name": "EarthquakeFeature"
}