U.S. Geological Survey · Schema
EarthquakeFeatureCollection
GeoJSON FeatureCollection containing earthquake event records from the USGS ComCat earthquake catalog.
Federal-GovernmentGeologicalEarth ScienceNatural ResourcesEarthquakeWaterHydrology
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | string | GeoJSON object type (always FeatureCollection). |
| metadata | object | |
| features | array | Array of earthquake event GeoJSON Features. |
| bbox | array | Bounding box for the collection [min_lon, min_lat, max_lon, max_lat]. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-schema/usgs-earthquake-api-earthquake-feature-collection-schema.json",
"title": "EarthquakeFeatureCollection",
"description": "GeoJSON FeatureCollection containing earthquake event records from the USGS ComCat earthquake catalog.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "GeoJSON object type (always FeatureCollection).",
"example": "FeatureCollection"
},
"metadata": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/EarthquakeMetadata"
},
"features": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of earthquake event GeoJSON Features.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/EarthquakeFeature"
}
},
"bbox": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Bounding box for the collection [min_lon, min_lat, max_lon, max_lat].",
"items": {
"type": "number"
},
"example": [
-180.0,
-90.0,
180.0,
90.0
]
}
}
}
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