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USGS Earthquake Catalog (ComCat)

Earthquake search and event detail from the USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) via its public FDSN event web service: worldwide events with US coverage down to small magnitudes, PAGER alerts, ShakeMap intensities and Did You Feel It? reports. Public-domain US government data.

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1Request
string

Only events with this PAGER alert level.

string

next_cursor from the previous page of the same search.

string

A bare date means 00:00:00 of that day. Defaults to now.

number

Events per page.

number

min_magnitude

string

Newest first (time), oldest first, largest first (magnitude) or smallest first.

string

Defaults to 30 days ago.

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const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "earthquake-usgs-gov",
    capability: "earthquakes/search",
    options: {
      end_time: "2011-03-12",
      limit: 5,
      min_magnitude: 7,
      order_by: "magnitude",
      start_time: "2011-03-11",
    },
  },
});
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https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&starttime=2011-03-11T00:00:00.000Z&endtime=2011-03-12T00:00:00.000Z&minmagnitude=7&orderby=magnitude&limit=6&offset=1
alertazimuthal_gap_degcdicodedepth_kmevent_typefeltididslatitudelongitudemagnitudemagnitude_typemin_distance_degmminetworkplaceproduct_typesrms_ssignificancesourcesstationsstatustimetitletsunamiupdatedurl
9.59.120110311054624120_3029earthquake1459official20110311054624120_30usc0001xgpofficial20110311054624120_30usp000hvnu38.297142.3739.1mww8.18official2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japandyfifinite-faultfocal-mechanism1.162184usofficialchoy541reviewedfalseearthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official20110311054624120_30
48.47.6p000hvpa42.6earthquake256usp000hvpausc0001xhzusp000hvpaatlas2011031106154036.281141.1117.9mwc6.705us47 km E of ?arai, Japanassociatedyfigeneral-text1.441155usatlasiscgem163reviewedM 7.9 - 47 km E of ?arai, Japanfalseearthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000hvpa
10.86.8p000hvpg18.6earthquake28usp000hvpgusc0001xigusp000hvpgiscgem1630407338.058144.597.7mwc4.081us272 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japanassociatedyfigeneral-text0.85931usiscgem507reviewedM 7.7 - 272 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japanfalseearthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000hvpg

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Uses USGS Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), ArcGIS public GIS layers, Alberta Energy Regulator (aer.ca)Disposal well seismicity checkUse when a saltwater disposal operations engineer or regulatory geologist needs to review earthquake activity near a disposal well before a permit renewal or rate increase. Reads recent and historic quakes around the well, details of the largest event, any regulator GIS layers for seismic response areas and, in Alberta, regulator guidance.5 toolsOpen
Uses USGS Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), WHO Global Health Observatory, World Bank Data, OpenStreetMap, UN Global Marketplace+1Earthquake health response first lookUse when a humanitarian health cluster coordinator or NGO medical lead needs a first look within hours of a major earthquake. Reads the USGS event and impact alert, the country's health workforce and hospital bed indicators, maps hospitals near the epicentre, and finds open UN medical supply tenders, producing a sourced situation note.7 toolsOpen
Uses USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities, ArcGIS public GIS layers, NOAA National Hurricane Center (nhc.noaa.gov), USGS Earthquake Catalog (ComCat)Insurance renewal hazard file for a property managerUse when a property manager or owner's risk lead is preparing for a property insurance renewal and wants hazard evidence for each building. Reads wildfire risk, the FEMA flood zone from public ArcGIS layers, nearby hurricane tracks from the National Hurricane Center and recent earthquakes from USGS. Produces a per-building hazard sheet to send the broker with the renewal.7 toolsOpen

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