USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
FreeLiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
Real-time and historical global earthquake catalog: magnitude, depth, time, location by query.
Example request
curl 'https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2026-09-01&endtime=2026-09-02&minmagnitude=5'
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Completely free, no key or signup, with no stated rate limit; a single query is capped at 20,000 matching events.
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