Latest Earthquakes: Feeds & Data
In addition to web-based maps and html pages, USGS provides several alternative ways to obtain real-time earthquake lists. Earthquake information is extracted from a merged catalog of earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks. Earthquakes will be broadcast within a few minutes for California events, and within 30-minutes for worldwide events.
Google Earth KML
Display real-time earthquakes and plate boundaries in Google Earth (requires version 4+). To display earthquakes, download one of our earthquake KML feeds (below) and open it in Google Earth. Earthquakes refresh every 5-minutes. More Google Earth/KML Files »
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M 1+ earthquakes, past 7 days (colored by age)
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:35 UTC (157 kB)
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M 1+ earthquakes, past 7 days (colored by depth)
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:51 UTC (157 kB)
Atom, RSS, CSV Feeds
Atom Files
Contain basic information (date, location, magnitude, and depth) about each earthquake and a link to a detailed report, plus embedded links to other products like ShakeMap, Did You Feel It?, and CAP alerts. More information »
RSS Files
Contain basic information (date, location, magnitude, and depth) about each earthquake and a link to a detailed report. More information »
CSV Files
Comma separated ASCII text files containing the source network (Src), ID (Eqid), version, date, location, magnitude, depth (km) and number of reporting stations (NST) for each earthquake. These files are lightweight and best for applications that repeatedly download earthquake data.
CAP Alerts
Links to Earthquake CAP Alerts are embedded in Atom feeds. Each alert has information about one earthquake. More information »
Past Hour
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M 1+ earthquakes
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:09 UTC
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M 0+ earthquakes
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:09 UTC
Past Day
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M 2.5+ earthquakes
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:09 UTC
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M 1+ earthquakes
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:09 UTC
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M 0+ earthquakes
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:09 UTC
Past 7 Days
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M 7+ earthquakes
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:09 UTC
M 5+ earthquakes
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:09 UTC
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M 2.5+ earthquakes
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:27:09 UTC
Past 30 days
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Earthquake ShakeMaps
Updated: Mon Oct 01 23:07:02 UTC (35 kB)
Merged Catalog in XML Format
Unlike the RSS Feeds, this XML file contains all available parameters, including date, location, magnitude/magnitude type, number of stations/phases used for location, distance to first station, RMS/horizontal/vertical errors, and more. The minimum magnitude of events included in the XML merged catalog varies from region to region depending upon the density of the reporting networks.
The XML merged catalog also includes non-preferred solutions when multiple networks locate the same event. A non-preferred solution appears as a "duplicate" child element of the associated preferred solution.
XML merged catalog, past 7 days
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:18:30 UTC (85 kB)
Merged Catalog in Cube Format
Cube format is a fixed-format, card-like version of the information in the merged catalog. It contains the same information provided in the XML format, except that there is no information on 'duplicate' event ids, which occur when networks other than the authoritative network submit information on the same event. The minimum magnitude of events included in the Cube catalog varies from region to region depending upon the density of the reporting networks. More information »
Cube merged catalog, past 7 days
Updated: Tue Oct 02 07:18:29 UTC (101 kB)
