Global Earthquake Archive

The US Geological Survey maintains official records of earthquake activity from around the globe. This layer displays all earthquakes since 1900 with a magnitude 4.0 or greater, and updates once a day. For more recent activity, please see the Recent Earthquakes layer that updates every 5 minutes. 

Data source: original data is accessed here and updated using the OverwriteFS tool in ArcGIS Online. The full documentation for all of the fields can be found on the USGS ComCat site. For more information, please see the USGS PAGER program.

Revisions
  • June 13, 2022: Updated service with Z Coordinates set to 0 due to limitation on the negative Z value range for online services. This change allows users to support analytics and export for local client consumption. Depth can be leveraged by using the elevation field. Anticipating online enhancements, we set the custom projection to support the change in the Z value range. Refined the schema to improve efficiency. Layer has been Time-Enabled to allow for Time Series display, but disabled by default. Data download has now been enabled.
  • May 5, 2023: Updated service with four duplicated fields to match the Recent Earthquake Service's data schema. Depth, Event Time, Event Type, TZ are the duplicated fields. 

This map is provided for informational purposes and is not monitored 24/7 for accuracy and currency. Always refer to USGS source for official guidance.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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dcat_modified 2026-08-18T22:32:35.853Z
dcat_publisher_name Esri
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Tags
  • Live Feeds
  • earthquakes
  • environment
  • esri_environment
  • hosted
  • livefeeds
  • usgs
isopen False
metadata_created 2026-08-19T15:27:52.114930
metadata_modified 2026-08-19T15:27:52.114935
notes <p><span>The US Geological Survey maintains official records of earthquake activity from around the globe. This layer displays all earthquakes since 1900 with a magnitude 4.0 or greater, and updates once a day. For more recent activity, please see the <a href='https://arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=9e2f2b544c954fda9cd13b7f3e6eebce' rel='nofollow ugc'>Recent Earthquakes layer</a> that updates every 5 minutes. </span></p> <p style='background:white;'><span style='color:black;'>Data source: original data is accessed </span><a href='https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><font size='3'>here </font></a><span style='color:black;'>and updated using the</span><span style='color:#4C4C4C;'> <a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d45f80eb53c748e7aa3d938a46b48836' rel='nofollow ugc'>OverwriteFS</a> tool </span><span style='color:black;'>in ArcGIS Online. The full documentation for all of the fields can be found on the <a href='https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/comcat/data-eventterms.php' rel='nofollow ugc'>USGS ComCat</a> site. For more information, please see the <a href='https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/pager/' rel='nofollow ugc'>USGS PAGER</a> program.</span></p><div style='color:rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;'><font size='5'>Revisions</font></div><div style='color:rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><ul><li><b>June 13, 2022:</b> Updated service with Z Coordinates set to 0 due to limitation on the negative Z value range for online services. This change allows users to support analytics and export for local client consumption. Depth can be leveraged by using the elevation field. Anticipating online enhancements, we set the custom projection to support the change in the Z value range. Refined the schema to improve efficiency. Layer has been Time-Enabled to allow for Time Series display, but disabled by default. Data download has now been enabled.</li><li><b>May 5, 2023: </b>Updated service with four duplicated fields to match the Recent Earthquake Service's data schema. Depth, Event Time, Event Type, TZ are the duplicated fields. </li></ul></div> <p><span style='color:black; background:white;'>This map is provided for informational purposes and is not monitored 24/7 for accuracy and currency. Always refer to </span><span style='color:gray; background:white;'><a href='https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/earthquakes' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='color:#0079C1; text-decoration:none;'>USGS</span></a> </span><span style='color:black; background:white;'>source for official guidance.</span></p>
num_resources 11
num_tags 7
title Global Earthquake Archive
url https://prep-response-portal.napsgfoundation.org/datasets/esri2::global-earthquake-archive