API reference/Natural Hazards/Earthquakes Nearby

Earthquakes Nearby

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Live data

Earthquakes within a radius of a point, strongest first.

GET/api/v1/hazards/earthquakes/nearby

Data source

USGS Earthquake feedsUS Geological Survey · public-domain · updates 1 min

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Try value
`lat` number required	Latitude
`lon` number required	Longitude
`radiusKm` number	1–2000 (default 300)
`days` number	1–365 (default 30)
`apikey` string required	Your API key. Can also be sent as the `X-API-Key` header.	demo key used here

Response envelope

Success: { data, meta: { sources, fetchedAt, cached } }. Errors: { error: { code, message } } with HTTP 400, 401, 404, 502, 503 or 504.

curl "https://api.sectorapi.com/api/v1/hazards/earthquakes/nearby?lat=35.68&lon=139.69&radiusKm=500&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

Calls the live source

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "center": {
      "lat": 35.68,
      "lon": 139.69
    },
    "radiusKm": 500,
    "days": 30,
    "minMagnitude": 2.5,
    "count": 20,
    "strongest": {
      "id": "us6000tytg",
      "magnitude": 5.3,
      "magnitudeType": "mww",
      "place": "0 km NNE of Yōkaichiba, Japan",
      "time": "2026-10-01T12:27:11.864Z",
      "lat": 35.7025,
      "lon": 140.5507,
      "depthKm": 41.6,
      "tsunamiFlag": false,
      "alertLevel": null,
      "feltReports": 25,
      "significance": 441,
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tytg"
    },
    "earthquakes": [
      {
        "id": "us6000tytg",
        "magnitude": 5.3,
        "magnitudeType": "mww",
        "place": "0 km NNE of Yōkaichiba, Japan",
        "time": "2026-10-01T12:27:11.864Z",
        "lat": 35.7025,
        "lon": 140.5507,
        "depthKm": 41.6,
        "tsunamiFlag": false,
        "alertLevel": null,
        "feltReports": 25,
        "significance": 441,
        "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tytg"
      },
      {
        "id": "us6000u0u7",
        "magnitude": 4.9,
        "magnitudeType": "mww",
        "place": "3 km WSW of Shibayama, Japan",
        "time": "2026-10-07T19:13:50.830Z",
        "lat": 35.6751,
        "lon": 140.3957,
        "depthKm": 73,
        "tsunamiFlag": false,
        "alertLevel": null,
        "feltReports": 4,
        "significance": 370,
        "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u0u7"
      },
      {
        "id": "us6000ty7u",
        "magnitude": 4.9,
        "magnitudeType": "mww",
        "place": "5 km S of Sakai, Japan",
        "time": "2026-09-28T19:45:07.179Z",
        "lat": 36.0471,
        "lon": 139.7894,
        "depthKm": 68.5,
        "tsunamiFlag": false,
        "alertLevel": null,
        "feltReports": 69,
        "significance": 399,
        "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000ty7u"
      }
    ]
  }
}