USGS Earthquakes

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Not a mockup — this is what USGS Earthquakes actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 748 ms).

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "metadata": {
    "generated": 1792742038000,
    "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&limit=2&orderby=magnitude",
    "title": "USGS Earthquakes",
    "status": 200,
    "api": "2.8.2",
    "limit": 2,
    "offset": 1
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": {
        "mag": 7.7,
        "place": "12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama",
        "time": 1791568566036,
        "updated": 1792710177789,
        "tz": null,
        "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k",
        "detail": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=us6000u18k&format=ge

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call USGS Earthquakes — pick your weapon.

// USGS Earthquakes — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&limit=2&orderby=magnitude");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# USGS Earthquakes with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&limit=2&orderby=magnitude")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# USGS Earthquakes from your terminal
curl "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&limit=2&orderby=magnitude"

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