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Usgs Earthquake Api Earthquake Metadata Structure

Metadata about the earthquake query response.

Type: object Properties: 8
Federal GovernmentGeologicalEarth ScienceNatural ResourcesEarthquakeWaterHydrology

EarthquakeMetadata is a JSON Structure definition published by U.S. Geological Survey, describing 8 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

generated url title status api count limit offset

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-metadata-structure.json",
  "description": "Metadata about the earthquake query response.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "generated": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Unix timestamp (milliseconds) when the response was generated.",
      "example": 1743897600000
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "URL used to generate this response.",
      "example": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&limit=10"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Title for this result set.",
      "example": "USGS Earthquakes"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "HTTP status code.",
      "example": 200
    },
    "api": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "API version string.",
      "example": "1.14.1"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Number of events returned.",
      "example": 47
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Maximum events requested.",
      "example": 100
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Starting offset in the result set.",
      "example": 1
    }
  },
  "name": "EarthquakeMetadata"
}