# Earthquake — Wrapped API

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> Search the USGS earthquake catalog to find seismic events by date range, magnitude level, and geographic location. Get detailed information about earthquakes worldwide to track recent seismic activity in your area of interest.

**Category:** Government & Public Data | **Website:** [earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/eb31caad-b5df-4d87-9e9a-dcb2d04cd87a/earthquake-usgs-gov-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/eb31caad-b5df-4d87-9e9a-dcb2d04cd87a/earthquake-usgs-gov-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy. Each call is automatically billed to your wallet in USDC.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-earthquake-usgs-gov-api-eb31caad/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### search_earthquakes

Query the USGS earthquake catalog. Returns seismic events matching the given time range, magnitude bounds, and optional geographic bounding box. Results are ordered by the chosen sort and paginated via offset. Each event includes its ID, magnitude, place description, coordinates (longitude, latitude, depth in km), occurrence time (epoch ms), last-updated time (epoch ms), review status, and USGS detail URL.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `endtime` | string | Yes | End of the time window, ISO format YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS. |
| `limit` | integer | No | Maximum number of events to return (1–20000). |
| `max_latitude` | string | No | Northern boundary of bounding box, decimal degrees [-90, 90]. |
| `max_longitude` | string | No | Eastern boundary of bounding box, decimal degrees [-360, 360]. |
| `max_magnitude` | string | No | Maximum magnitude filter (e.g. '7.0'). Omitting applies no upper bound. |
| `min_latitude` | string | No | Southern boundary of bounding box, decimal degrees [-90, 90]. |
| `min_longitude` | string | No | Western boundary of bounding box, decimal degrees [-360, 360]. |
| `min_magnitude` | string | No | Minimum magnitude filter (e.g. '2.5'). Omitting returns all magnitudes. |
| `offset` | integer | No | 1-based offset for pagination. First page is offset=1. |
| `orderby` | string | No | Sort order for results. |
| `starttime` | string | Yes | Start of the time window, ISO format YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-earthquake-usgs-gov-api-eb31caad/search_earthquakes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"endtime":"<string>","limit":"<integer>","max_latitude":"<string>","max_longitude":"<string>","max_magnitude":"<string>","min_latitude":"<string>","min_longitude":"<string>","min_magnitude":"<string>","offset":"<integer>","orderby":"<string>","starttime":"<string>"}'
```