Earthquake Scraper

hipersoft/earthquake-scraper

Collect global earthquakes with magnitude, place, time, depth, coordinates, tsunami and alert level. Filter by time window, magnitude, depth, bounding box or radius — export as JSON, CSV or Excel for alerts, maps, dashboards and research.

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Total users

Monthly users

Total runs

Per earthquake scraped

$0.0002

Last rebuilt

Oct 26, 2026

Overview

Track earthquakes worldwide with the Earthquake Scraper. Pull a live, structured feed of seismic events — magnitude, place, time, depth, coordinates, tsunami flag and PAGER alert level — filtered by time window, magnitude, depth, bounding box or radius, and export each event as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Built for early-warning and alerting systems, news and media desks, insurance and risk models, mapping and GIS dashboards, and scientific research, it turns the raw seismic feed into a clean dataset you can drop into any product or workflow.

What it does

🌍 Global feed — earthquakes anywhere on Earth, updated continuously.
📏 Magnitude & depth filters — set a minimum/maximum magnitude and depth range.
🕒 Time windows — past hour, day, week, month, or a custom date range.
📍 Area search — a bounding box or a circular radius around any point.
🌊 Impact signals — tsunami flag, PAGER alert level, felt reports and significance.
📤 Export anywhere — JSON, CSV or Excel, or straight into an alert, map or dashboard.

Example output

{
  "id": "us7000abcd",
  "magnitude": 5.8,
  "magnitudeType": "mww",
  "place": "120 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska",
  "time": "2026-09-21T18:42:11.000Z",
  "latitude": 54.62,
  "longitude": -160.41,
  "depthKm": 24.5,
  "tsunami": false,
  "alert": "green",
  "significance": 517,
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000abcd"
}

How to use it

Pick a time window (or a custom date range).
Set a minimum magnitude and, optionally, an area (box or radius).
Run, and download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Input fields

Field	Description
Time window	Past hour, day, week, month, or a custom range.
Min / max magnitude	Magnitude bounds (e.g. 2.5, 6).
Min / max depth (km)	Depth range in kilometers.
Center lat/lon + radius	Circular search around a point.
Bounding box	Min/max latitude and longitude for a rectangular area.
Alert level	Filter by PAGER impact alert (green–red).
Sort order	Newest, oldest, or by magnitude.
Max earthquakes	Maximum number of events to collect.

Output fields

id, magnitude, magnitudeType, place, time, updated, longitude, latitude, depthKm, tsunami, alert, significance, felt, cdi, mmi, status, eventType, network, code, sources, nst, gap, rms, url, detailUrl.

Popular use cases

Alerting & early warning — notify when a quake above a magnitude hits a region.
News & media — auto-populate a live earthquake ticker or map.
Insurance & risk — feed recent seismicity into exposure and catastrophe models.
Mapping & GIS — plot events by magnitude, depth and location.
Research & education — build historical seismicity datasets for any area and period.

FAQ

Do I need an account or key? No. Set your filters and run.

How current is the data? It reflects the live global seismic feed, including recent events within the last hour.

Can I search a specific region? Yes — use a bounding box, or a center point with a radius in kilometers.

How far back can I go? Use a custom date range to pull historical events for any period.

Can I export to Excel or Google Sheets? Yes — results download as JSON, CSV or Excel and integrate with alerts, maps and dashboards.

Structured global earthquake data — magnitude, depth, location, tsunami and alert level — clean and export-ready for alerts, mapping, risk models and research.

Input

Field	Type	Description
`period` Time window	string · hour, day, week, month, custom	Quick time window ending now. Choose a preset, or pick "Custom range" and set Start/End time below. Default: `"day"`
`startTime` Start time (custom)	string	Start of a custom range, ISO 8601 (e.g. 2026-09-01 or 2026-09-01T00:00:00). Used when Time window is "Custom range".
`endTime` End time (custom)	string	End of a custom range, ISO 8601. Leave empty for "now".
`minMagnitude` Minimum magnitude	string	Only return earthquakes at or above this magnitude (e.g. 2.5, 4.5, 6). Leave empty for all. Default: `"2.5"`
`maxMagnitude` Maximum magnitude	string	Only return earthquakes at or below this magnitude. Leave empty for no upper limit.
`minDepth` Minimum depth (km)	string	Only earthquakes at or deeper than this depth in km. Leave empty to ignore.
`maxDepth` Maximum depth (km)	string	Only earthquakes at or shallower than this depth in km. Leave empty to ignore.
`latitude` Center latitude	string	Latitude for a circular (radius) search. Use with Center longitude and Radius.
`longitude` Center longitude	string	Longitude for a circular (radius) search.
`maxRadiusKm` Radius (km)	string	Radius in km around the center point. Use with Center latitude/longitude.
`minLatitude` Box: min latitude	string	Bounding-box search: southern edge. Use the four box fields together.
`maxLatitude` Box: max latitude	string	Bounding-box search: northern edge.
`minLongitude` Box: min longitude	string	Bounding-box search: western edge.
`maxLongitude` Box: max longitude	string	Bounding-box search: eastern edge.
`alertLevel` Alert level	string · , green, yellow, orange, red	Filter by PAGER impact alert level.
`eventType` Event type	string	Filter by event type (e.g. earthquake, quarry blast). Leave empty for all.
`orderBy` Sort order	string · time, time-asc, magnitude, magnitude-asc	Order of returned events. Default: `"time"`
`maxItems` Max earthquakes	integer	Maximum number of earthquakes to collect. Default: `1000`
`proxyConfiguration` Proxy (optional)	object	Optional proxy settings for the run. Not required — the data is fetched over plain HTTP. Default: `{"useApifyProxy": false}`

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/hipersoft~earthquake-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("hipersoft/earthquake-scraper").call(run_input={})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('hipersoft/earthquake-scraper').call({});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Pricing

Event	Price	Paid plans from
Earthquake scraped One earthquake event returned	$0.0002	$0.0001

You pay only for what the run returns. Set a maximum cost per run and it stops cleanly at that limit.

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