EarthquakeFeature

A GeoJSON Feature representing a single earthquake event.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
type	string	GeoJSON object type (always Feature).
properties	object
geometry	object
id	string	Unique USGS event identifier.

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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-schema.json",
  "title": "EarthquakeFeature",
  "description": "A GeoJSON Feature representing a single earthquake event.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "GeoJSON object type (always Feature).",
      "example": "Feature"
    },
    "properties": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EarthquakeProperties"
    },
    "geometry": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EarthquakeGeometry"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique USGS event identifier.",
      "example": "us7000n5no"
    }
  }
}