This is an app which provides a JSON API of worldwide earthquakes in the past 7 days.
Type "whenever -w" on the command line to start a worker that automatically update earthquakes every minute as well as clean out the old ones.
This API is read-only which responds to GET requests.
With no params, it will return all earthquakes in the past 7 days.
It accepts the following optional parameters:
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on– Returns earthquakes on the same day (UTC) as the 10-digit unix timestamp it's passed. -
since– Returns all earthquakes since the 10-digit unix timestamp it's passed. -
over– Returns all earthquakes greater than the decimal number representing the earthquake's magnitude that it's passed. -
near– Returns all earhtquakes within 5-mile radius of the latitude and longitude that it's passed.
GET /earthquakes.json
# Returns all earthquakes
GET /earthquakes.json?on=1364582194
# Returns earthquakes on the same day (UTC) as the unix timestamp 1364582194
GET /earthquakes.json?since=1364582194
# Returns earthquakes since the unix timestamp 1364582194
GET /earthquakes.json?over=3.2
# Returns earthquakes > 3.2 magnitude
GET /earthquakes.json?near=36.6702,-114.8870
# Returns all earthquakes within 5 miles of lat: 36.6702, lng: -114.8870
Note that if on and since are both specified, it will return results since the timestamp until the end of that day.
GET /earthquakes.json?over=3.2&near=36.6702,-114.8870&since=1364582194
# Returns all earthquakes over 3.2 magnitude within 5 miles of 36.6702,-114.8870 since 2013-03-29 18:36:34 UTC
GET /earthquakes.json?over=3.2&on=1364582194&since=1364582194
# Returns all earthquakes over 3.2 magnitude between 2013-03-29 18:36:34 UTC and 2013-03-29 23:59:59 UTC