Recent Southern California Earthquakes (SCEDC)

scedcfdsn/recent-earthquakes

The newest earthquakes in the Southern California Seismic Network catalogue (Caltech and the U.S. Geological Survey), newest first: origin time, latitude, longitude, depth, magnitude and type, and the nearest town. Choose how many (1 to 100) and optionally a minimum magnitude. Recent events are preliminary and revised later. Data from the Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC), passed through and served by Eden Engine; not an official SCEDC or Caltech product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

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Data source

Southern California Earthquake Data Center

Data from the Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC) at Caltech. Cite: SCEDC (2013): Southern California Earthquake Center. Caltech. Dataset. doi: 10.7909/C3WD3xH1. Southern California Seismic Network: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (1926): Southern California Seismic Network. International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks. Other/Seismic Network. doi:10.7914/SN/CI. Served by Eden Engine; not an official SCEDC or Caltech product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "scedcfdsn/recent-earthquakes" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "scedcfdsn/recent-earthquakes" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "scedcfdsn/recent-earthquakes", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "scedcfdsn/recent-earthquakes", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "limit"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many of the newest events to return, 1 to 100."
    },
    "min_magnitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": -2,
      "description": "Only events of at least this magnitude, for example 3. Leave out for all sizes, including very small ones."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "events",
    "count"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of events returned."
    },
    "events": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "event_id",
          "time"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "time": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Origin time, ISO 8601 in UTC."
          },
          "author": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Network that authored the origin, for example CI."
          },
          "region": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Distance and bearing from the nearest town, as the catalogue words it. Its distance may read ###.# for a distant event."
          },
          "catalog": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "depth_km": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Depth in kilometres."
          },
          "event_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "SCEDC event id, for example 41349983."
          },
          "latitude": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Epicentre latitude, degrees."
          },
          "longitude": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Epicentre longitude, degrees."
          },
          "magnitude": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "event_type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Event type code, eq for earthquake."
          },
          "magnitude_type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Magnitude type, for example l or w."
          },
          "geographic_type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Geographic type: l local, r regional, t teleseism."
          },
          "magnitude_author": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    }
  },
  "description": "The newest events of the SCEDC catalogue, newest first.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}