{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-schema/usgs-earthquake-api-earthquake-properties-schema.json", "title": "EarthquakeProperties", "description": "Properties of an earthquake event including magnitude, location, and metadata.", "type": "object", "properties": { "mag": { "type": "number", "description": "Earthquake magnitude.", "example": 4.5 }, "place": { "type": "string", "description": "Textual description of the event location.", "example": "45 km NE of San Francisco, CA" }, "time": { "type": "integer", "description": "Unix timestamp (milliseconds) of the earthquake occurrence.", "example": 1743840000000 }, "updated": { "type": "integer", "description": "Unix timestamp (milliseconds) of the last catalog update.", "example": 1743843600000 }, "url": { "type": "string", "description": "USGS event detail page URL.", "example": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000n5no" }, "detail": { "type": "string", "description": "API URL for the full event GeoJSON.", "example": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=us7000n5no&format=geojson" }, "felt": { "type": "integer", "description": "Number of DYFI (Did You Feel It?) responses.", "example": 23 }, "cdi": { "type": "number", "description": "Maximum Community Determined Intensity (CDI) value.", "example": 3.5 }, "mmi": { "type": "number", "description": "Maximum Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) from ShakeMap.", "example": 3.2 }, "alert": { "type": "string", "description": "PAGER alert level (green, yellow, orange, red).", "example": "green" }, "status": { "type": "string", "description": "Review status (automatic or reviewed).", "example": "reviewed" }, "tsunami": { "type": "integer", "description": "Tsunami hazard flag. 1 if tsunami warning was issued; 0 otherwise.", "example": 0 }, "sig": { "type": "integer", "description": "Significance value (0-1000) indicating event importance based on magnitude, MMI, felt reports, and estimated impact.", "example": 312 }, "net": { "type": "string", "description": "Network ID for the preferred source of event data.", "example": "us" }, "code": { "type": "string", "description": "Event code assigned by the network.", "example": "7000n5no" }, "magType": { "type": "string", "description": "Magnitude type (ml, md, mb, mw, mww, etc.).", "example": "mb" }, "type": { "type": "string", "description": "Event type (earthquake, explosion, quarry blast, etc.).", "example": "earthquake" }, "title": { "type": "string", "description": "Title string summarizing the event.", "example": "M 4.5 - 45 km NE of San Francisco, CA" }, "gap": { "type": "number", "description": "Azimuthal gap in degrees between seismic stations.", "example": 78 }, "dmin": { "type": "number", "description": "Horizontal distance from epicenter to nearest station in degrees.", "example": 0.82 }, "rms": { "type": "number", "description": "Root-mean-square travel time residual in seconds.", "example": 0.45 }, "nst": { "type": "integer", "description": "Number of seismic stations used to determine earthquake location.", "example": 45 } } }