USGS Earthquake Catalog

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2025
Menu: File | Web Services

Description

Request earthquake data from the USGS Earthquake Catalog.

References

USGS Earthquake Catalog

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Grid	grid, input, optional	`GRID`	-	-
Input	Shapes	shapes, input	`SHAPES`	-	-
Output	Earthquakes	shapes, output	`EARTHQUAKES`	-	-
Options	Start	date	`DATE_START`	-	Default: 2025-07-16
	End	date	`DATE_END`	-	Default: 2025-07-23
	Magnitude	value range	`MAGNITUDE`	-	-
	Extent	choice	`EXTENT`	-	Available Choices: [0] user defined [1] shapes extent [2] grid system extent Default: 0
	Grid System	grid system	`GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
	West	floating point number	`XMIN`	-	Default: -180.000000
	East	floating point number	`XMAX`	-	Default: 180.000000
	South	floating point number	`YMIN`	-	Default: -90.000000
	North	floating point number	`YMAX`	-	Default: 90.000000
	Buffer	floating point number	`BUFFER`	add buffer (map units) to extent	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 0.000000
	Coordinate System Definition	text	`CRS_STRING`	Supported formats comprise PROJ and WKT strings, object codes (e.g. "EPSG:4326").	-

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd io_webservices 5 [-EARTHQUAKES ] [-DATE_START ] [-DATE_END ] [-MAGNITUDE_MIN ] [-MAGNITUDE_MAX ] [-EXTENT ] [-GRID ] [-SHAPES ] [-XMIN ] [-XMAX ] [-YMIN ] [-YMAX ] [-BUFFER ] [-CRS_STRING ]
  -EARTHQUAKES:        Earthquakes
	shapes, output
  -DATE_START:        Start
	date
	Default: 2025-07-16
  -DATE_END:          End
	date
	Default: 2025-07-23
  -MAGNITUDE_MIN:   Magnitude
	value range
  -MAGNITUDE_MAX:   Magnitude
	value range
  -EXTENT:
                            Extent
                            	choice
                            	Available Choices:
                            	[0] user defined
                            	[1] shapes extent
                            	[2] grid system extent
                            	Default: 0
  -GRID:               Grid
	grid, input, optional
  -SHAPES:             Shapes
	shapes, input
  -XMIN:            West
	floating point number
	Default: -180.000000
  -XMAX:            East
	floating point number
	Default: 180.000000
  -YMIN:            South
	floating point number
	Default: -90.000000
  -YMAX:            North
	floating point number
	Default: 90.000000
  -BUFFER:          Buffer
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 0.000000
  -CRS_STRING:         Coordinate System Definition
	text