USGS Earthquake API

FDSN Event Web Service implementation for earthquake searches. Provides access to earthquake data worldwide with filtering by location, magnitude, time, and more.

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Base URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 7
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 16:08:08.247787

Links

Homepage: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/
API Base: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
SDKs:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

301ms

Avg latency (7d)

10

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

DISASTER, ENVIRONMENT, GEOLOGY

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /application.json Get enumerated parameter values — 200 97ms
GET /application.wadl Get WADL — 200 102ms
GET /catalogs Get available catalogs — 200 230ms
GET /contributors Get available contributors — 200 446ms
GET /count Count events — 200 527ms
GET /query Query earthquake events — 204 281ms
GET /version Get service version — 200 258ms