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USGS Global Earthquakes — Past 24 Hours (M2.5+)

About this data

A fresh snapshot of all earthquakes magnitude 2.5 and greater recorded worldwide in the past 24 hours, sourced directly from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program real-time feed. Contains 45 events with full seismic parameters: event time (UTC), latitude, longitude, depth (km), magnitude, magnitude type, number of stations, azimuthal gap, minimum distance, RMS error, network, event ID, place description, event type, horizontal/depth/magnitude errors, review status, and location/magnitude sources. Format: CSV (22 columns, 45 rows + header). Source: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/2.5_day.csv License: USGS data is public domain (U.S. Government work, not subject to copyright). Captured: 2026-04-13. Ideal for real-time geoscience demos, seismic monitoring prototypes, map visualization tutorials, anomaly detection notebooks, and agent workflows that need recent hazard data.

Schema

Name	Type	Description
time	string
latitude	string
longitude	string
depth	string
mag	string
magType	string
nst	string
gap	string
dmin	string
rms	string
net	string
id	string
updated	string
place	string
type	string
horizontalError	string
depthError	string
magError	string
magNst	string
status	string
locationSource	string
magSource	string

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