Tool NameUSGS Earthquake Catalog
Tool ID5
Library IDio_webservices
Version1.0
Author(s)O.Conrad (c) 2025

Please cite SAGA whenever you use it for your publications:

doi:10.5194/gmd-8-1991-2015


Description

Request earthquake data from the USGS Earthquake Catalog.

References

USGS Earthquake Catalog


Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
Gridgrid, input, optionalGRID
Shapesshapes, inputSHAPES
Output
Earthquakesshapes, outputEARTHQUAKES
Options
StartdateDATE_STARTDefault: 2026-10-01
EnddateDATE_ENDDefault: 2026-10-08
Magnitudevalue rangeMAGNITUDEDefault: 4; 10
ExtentchoiceEXTENTAvailable Choices:
[0] user defined
[1] shapes extent
[2] grid system extent
Default: 0
Westfloating point numberXMINDefault: -180
Eastfloating point numberXMAXDefault: 180
Southfloating point numberYMINDefault: -90
Northfloating point numberYMAXDefault: 90
Bufferfloating point numberBUFFERadd buffer (map units) to extentMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 0
Coordinate System DefinitiontextCRS_STRINGSupported formats comprise PROJ and WKT strings, object codes (e.g. "EPSG:4326").