EarthquakeFeatureCollection

GeoJSON FeatureCollection containing earthquake event records from the USGS ComCat earthquake catalog.

Federal GovernmentGeologicalEarth ScienceNatural ResourcesEarthquakeWaterHydrology

Properties

Name	Type	Description
type	string	GeoJSON object type (always FeatureCollection).
metadata	object
features	array	Array of earthquake event GeoJSON Features.
bbox	array	Bounding box for the collection [min_lon, min_lat, max_lon, max_lat].

View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-schema/usgs-earthquake-api-earthquake-feature-collection-schema.json",
  "title": "EarthquakeFeatureCollection",
  "description": "GeoJSON FeatureCollection containing earthquake event records from the USGS ComCat earthquake catalog.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "GeoJSON object type (always FeatureCollection).",
      "example": "FeatureCollection"
    },
    "metadata": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EarthquakeMetadata"
    },
    "features": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of earthquake event GeoJSON Features.",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EarthquakeFeature"
      }
    },
    "bbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Bounding box for the collection [min_lon, min_lat, max_lon, max_lat].",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "example": [
        -180.0,
        -90.0,
        180.0,
        90.0
      ]
    }
  }
}