USGS Earthquake Catalog
FreeLiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
Searchable global earthquake catalog by time, area, depth and magnitude, plus minute-updated GeoJSON feeds.
Example request
curl -s 'https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2014-01-01&endtime=2014-01-02'
Free tier, in plain English
Free to query without a key. A single search is capped at 20,000 events, and USGS asks apps showing recent quakes to use its real-time GeoJSON feeds instead.
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