Get Last Week's Earthquakes

Fetches all earthquake events that occurred in the last 7 days, including today. This endpoint is ideal for weekly summaries and trend analysis.

Endpoint

Method: GET
Path: /v1/earthquakes/last-week
Authentication: Not required

Parameters

integer

default:"1"

Page number for pagination. Must be a positive integer greater than 0.Validation:

Must be > 0
Returns 400 error: “The ‘page’ parameter must be a positive integer (e.g., ?page=2).”

integer

default:"50"

Number of results per page. Must be a positive integer greater than 0.Validation:

Must be > 0
Returns 400 error: “The ‘limit’ parameter must be a positive integer greater than 0. Example: ?limit=50”

string

default:"-time"

Sort order for results. Prefix with - for descending order.Allowed values:

time or -time (default: descending)
magnitude or -magnitude
depth or -depth

string

Comma-separated list of fields to include in response.Allowed values:

time
magnitude
depth
place
coordinates

Request Example

curl "https://api.terraquakeapi.com/v1/earthquakes/last-week?limit=200"

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.terraquakeapi.com/v1/earthquakes/last-week?limit=200'
);
const data = await response.json();

if (data.success) {
  console.log(`Earthquakes in last 7 days: ${data.totalEarthquakes}`);
  console.log(`Date range: ${data.message}`);
  data.payload.forEach(quake => {
    const { mag, place, time } = quake.properties;
    console.log(`${mag} - ${place} at ${time}`);
  });
}

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.terraquakeapi.com/v1/earthquakes/last-week',
    params={'limit': 200}
)
data = response.json()

if data.get('success'):
    print(f"Earthquakes in last 7 days: {data.get('totalEarthquakes')}")
    print(f"Date range: {data.get('message')}")
    for quake in data.get('payload', []):
        props = quake['properties']
        print(f"{props['mag']} - {props['place']} at {props['time']}")

Response

boolean

Indicates if the request was successful

integer

HTTP status code (200 for success)

string

HTTP status message (“OK” for success)

string

Human-readable message including date range. Format: “Earthquake events from the last 7 days ( to )”

array

Array of GeoJSON Feature objects containing earthquake data

object

Request metadata containing method, path, and timestamp

integer

Total count of earthquakes in the last 7 days

object

Pagination details with page, totalPages, limit, and hasMore

Response Example

{
  "success": true,
  "code": 200,
  "status": "OK",
  "message": "Earthquake events from the last 7 days (2025-10-30 to 2025-11-06)",
  "payload": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": {
        "eventId": 44604942,
        "originId": 141077201,
        "time": "2025-11-05T23:31:48.030000",
        "author": "SURVEY-INGV-CT#KATALOC",
        "magType": "ML",
        "mag": 2.1,
        "magAuthor": "--",
        "type": "earthquake",
        "place": "13 km SE Maletto (CT)",
        "version": 100,
        "geojson_creationTime": "2025-11-06T00:40:00"
      },
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [14.97, 37.751, 5.5]
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "method": "GET",
    "path": "/v1/earthquakes/last-week?limit=200",
    "timestamp": "2025-11-06T00:51:33.850Z"
  },
  "totalEarthquakes": 487,
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "totalPages": 3,
    "limit": 200,
    "hasMore": true
  }
}

Error Responses

Invalid Limit Parameter

{
  "success": false,
  "code": 400,
  "status": "Bad Request",
  "message": "The 'limit' parameter must be a positive integer greater than 0. Example: ?limit=50"
}

Invalid Page Parameter

{
  "success": false,
  "code": 400,
  "status": "Bad Request",
  "message": "The 'page' parameter must be a positive integer (e.g., ?page=2)."
}

Implementation Details

Date Calculation: today.getDate() - 7 to get start date
Date Range: Last 7 days including today (e.g., Oct 30 to Nov 6)
Sorting: Default sort is by time (most recent first: -time)
Pagination: Manual pagination applied after fetching all events from INGV
Data Source: INGV API with orderby=time and format=geojson

Use Cases

Weekly seismic activity reports
Trend analysis and pattern detection
Weekly email digests or newsletters
Comparing recent activity to historical data

Today’s Earthquakes - Only today’s events
Recent Earthquakes - Year-to-date events
By Date Range - Custom date range

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