Significant earthquakes: weekly impact digest
The trailing 7 complete days (UTC) of magnitude 4.5+ earthquakes from the USGS ANSS Comprehensive Catalog, transformed into a ranked impact digest (typically 50-150 events/week). Each row is one earthquake: origin time, epicenter, depth, magnitude, a region key parsed from the USGS place string, conservatively resolved country (canonical name + ISO alpha-3; empty for offshore sequences where no country can be verified), tsunami flag, felt-report count, USGS significance, review status, aftershock-sequence membership (sequence_id = the mainshock's event id, is_mainshock, event count), a documented 0-100 impact score and its rank (100*(0.50*energy_norm + 0.15*shallow + 0.15*felt_norm + 0.10*tsunami + 0.10*recency)), per-row USGS detail URL, and a row hash. Primary key: event_id. Cadence: weekly; the as_of date is the window end, so identical input produces an identical content hash. Caveats: USGS revises events after publication (updated_utc tracks revisions); detection completeness varies by region; country resolution is best-effort and deliberately null-heavy offshore; 'Georgia' resolves to null (state/country ambiguity). USGS data is U.S. public domain — commercial_use = yes. Sample use: order by impact_rank for the week's most significant quakes, or filter is_mainshock = 1 for one row per sequence.
- Rows
- 91
- Columns
- 25
- Source cadence
- Weekly
- Last refreshed
- Sep 25, 2026
- Theme
- environment
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| as_of | string | Window end date (the last of the 7 complete UTC days in the digest). Fixed per run so identical input produces an identical content hash. (unit: date) |
| snapshot_week | string | ISO week of the as_of date (YYYY-Www). (unit: week) |
| event_id | string | USGS event identifier (the GeoJSON feature id). Stable primary key. (unit: id) |
| event_time_utc | string | Earthquake origin time in UTC (from the feed's epoch-millisecond 'time'). |
| updated_utc | string | Time the event record was last updated in UTC; USGS revisions bump this field. |
| magnitude | float | Earthquake magnitude (the feed's 'mag'). |
| magnitude_type | string | Magnitude computation method (the feed's 'magType', e.g. mww, mb, ml). |
| depth_km | float | Hypocenter depth (GeoJSON coordinates[2]); null when the feed omits it. (unit: km) |
| latitude | float | Epicenter latitude (GeoJSON coordinates[1]). (unit: degrees) |
| longitude | float | Epicenter longitude (GeoJSON coordinates[0]). (unit: degrees) |
| place | string | Human-readable location description from the feed (e.g. '140 km NNE of Ba, Fiji'). |
| region_key | string | Deterministic region key parsed from place: text after the last comma (or the whole string), lowercased, trailing ' region' stripped. Drives aftershock-sequence clustering. (unit: key) |
| country | string | Canonical country name resolved from the place string via hub.normalize (exact, whole-word, then a documented US-state alias table; 'Georgia' deliberately excluded). Empty when no country can be verified (offshore sequences) — never guessed. |
| country_code | string | ISO alpha-3 country code for country; empty when country is unverifiable. Join key. (unit: code) |
| tsunami_flag | integer | 1 when the feed's 'tsunami' flag is set, else 0. |
| felt_reports | float | Number of 'Did You Feel It?' responses (the feed's 'felt'); null when unreported. (unit: reports) |
| significance | integer | USGS significance score (the feed's 'sig', 0-1000): a magnitude- and impact-based ranking of the event. |
| status | string | Review status: 'reviewed' (human-reviewed) or 'automatic'. |
| sequence_id | string | Aftershock sequence id = the mainshock's event_id. Sequences group same-region_key events within 72h of the sequence's first event. (unit: id) |
| is_mainshock | integer | 1 for the sequence's largest-magnitude event (tie: earliest), else 0. Filter to 1 for one row per sequence. |
| n_sequence_events | integer | Number of events in the sequence. (unit: count) |
| impact_score | float | Documented 0-100 impact score: 100*(0.50*energy_norm + 0.15*shallow + 0.15*felt_norm + 0.10*tsunami_flag + 0.10*recency). (unit: score) |
| impact_rank | integer | Impact rank within the snapshot (1 = highest score; ties broken by magnitude desc, then event_id asc). (unit: rank) |
| detail_url | string | USGS event page URL (the feed's 'url'). (unit: URL) |
| row_hash | string | SHA-256 (16 hex chars) over the row's content fields; identical input yields an identical hash, so a re-run on an unchanged feed is a no-op. (unit: hash) |
First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.
| as_of | snapshot_week | event_id | event_time_utc | updated_utc | magnitude | magnitude_type | depth_km | latitude | longitude | place | region_key | country | country_code | tsunami_flag | felt_reports | significance | status | sequence_id | is_mainshock | n_sequence_events | impact_score | impact_rank | detail_url | row_hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us7000tiqc | 2026-09-20T09:17:35.624000+00:00 | 2026-09-21T09:25:25.530000+00:00 | 6.4 | mww | 104.329 | -5.902 | 146.092 | 49 km NNE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea | papua new guinea | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 0 | 30 | 647 | reviewed | us7000tiqc | 1 | 1 | 71.18 | 1 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tiqc | e6f37545f44e48ed |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | pr2026261000 | 2026-09-18T13:19:35.140000+00:00 | 2026-09-19T13:26:36.800000+00:00 | 4.8 | ml | 7 | 17.939 | -66.946 | 5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico | puerto rico | Puerto Rico | PRI | 0 | 86 | 405 | reviewed | pr2026261000 | 1 | 1 | 31.3 | 2 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2026261000 | 4d3bbb5b2026824a |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us6000tx3m | 2026-09-23T14:41:02.650000+00:00 | 2026-09-24T15:45:03.040000+00:00 | 5.7 | mww | 10 | -14.937 | -175.111 | 180 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga | tonga | Tonga | TON | 0 | — | 500 | reviewed | us6000tx3m | 1 | 1 | 25.69 | 3 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tx3m | 4da9d98663c5f1d5 |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us7000tiiz | 2026-09-19T10:31:17.071000+00:00 | 2026-09-19T18:50:04.536000+00:00 | 4.8 | mb | 10 | 27.164 | 91.102 | 18 km SW of Mongar, Bhutan | bhutan | Bhutan | BTN | 0 | 13 | 359 | reviewed | us7000tiiz | 1 | 1 | 25.56 | 4 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tiiz | b0d4a1dadc54be76 |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us7000ti7x | 2026-09-18T06:17:03.598000+00:00 | 2026-09-18T10:37:50.853000+00:00 | 4.7 | mb | 68.374 | 4.322 | -76.793 | 40 km SSW of Sipí, Colombia | colombia | Colombia | COL | 0 | 7 | 342 | reviewed | us7000ti7x | 1 | 1 | 23.11 | 5 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ti7x | 768b22f2e7521ded |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us7000tiq2 | 2026-09-20T08:47:54.457000+00:00 | 2026-09-20T11:11:33.357000+00:00 | 5.3 | mww | 10 | -25.987 | -66.612 | 64 km W of Cafayate, Argentina | argentina | Argentina | ARG | 0 | 3 | 433 | reviewed | us7000tiq2 | 1 | 1 | 22.84 | 6 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tiq2 | 605e0e4e69195839 |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us7000tj3v | 2026-09-22T06:48:09.705000+00:00 | 2026-09-22T07:50:06.452000+00:00 | 4.6 | mb | 10 | 11.096 | 124.21 | 19 km ENE of Nailong, Philippines | philippines | Philippines | PHL | 0 | 2 | 326 | reviewed | us7000tj3v | 1 | 1 | 22.76 | 7 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tj3v | 09ac4bfd61c214d2 |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us6000twys | 2026-09-22T20:34:43.296000+00:00 | 2026-09-23T04:33:55.287000+00:00 | 4.6 | mb | 10 | 9.689 | 126.529 | 46 km E of Union, Philippines | philippines | Philippines | PHL | 0 | 1 | 326 | reviewed | us6000twys | 1 | 1 | 22.25 | 8 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000twys | f2a4dc17c343c8ba |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us7000tit5 | 2026-09-20T20:54:37.248000+00:00 | 2026-09-24T16:16:39.040000+00:00 | 5.7 | mww | 10 | -48.428 | 31.235 | south of Africa | south of africa | — | — | 0 | — | 500 | reviewed | us7000tit5 | 1 | 1 | 21.92 | 9 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tit5 | 4caa404da9fc40fe |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-W39 | us6000tx58 | 2026-09-23T17:46:06.489000+00:00 | 2026-09-23T18:38:45.040000+00:00 | 5 | mww | 10 | -16.307 | 178.019 | 140 km NNE of Ba, Fiji | fiji | Fiji | FJI | 0 | — | 385 | reviewed | us6000tx58 | 1 | 1 | 21.9 | 10 | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tx58 | 8052c0b22a868bf0 |
Profiled Sep 25, 2026 from snapshot 20260925T064419Z-3399ad18115b
Measured- Completeness
- 97%
- Rows
- 91
- Columns
- 25
- Columns with gaps
- 1
| Column | Missing | Distinct | Range | Distribution |
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| as_ofvarchar | 0% | 1 | — |
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| snapshot_weekvarchar | 0% | 1 | — |
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| event_idvarchar | 0% | 97 | — |
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| event_time_utcvarchar | 0% | 82 | — |
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| updated_utcvarchar | 0% | 95 | — |
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| magnitudedouble | 0% | 12 | 4.5 → 6.4median 4.8 | 1 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| magnitude_typevarchar | 0% | 4 | — |
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| depth_kmdouble | 0% | 37 | 7 → 548.38median 10 | 2 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| latitudedouble | 0% | 90 | -60.27 → 57.12median 3.88 | 2 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| longitudedouble | 0% | 98 | -179.37 → 179.26median 105.91 | 2 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| placevarchar | 0% | 90 | — |
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| region_keyvarchar | 0% | 33 | — |
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| countryvarchar | 0% | 28 | — |
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| country_codevarchar | 0% | 27 | — |
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| tsunami_flagbigint | 0% | 1 | 0 → 0median 0 | |
| felt_reportsdouble | 75.8% | 11 | 0 → 86median 2 | 1 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| significancebigint | 0% | 21 | 312 → 647median 354 | 1 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| statusvarchar | 0% | 1 | — |
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| sequence_idvarchar | 0% | 91 | — |
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| is_mainshockbigint | 0% | 2 | 0 → 1median 1 | |
| n_sequence_eventsbigint | 0% | 2 | 1 → 2median 1 | |
| impact_scoredouble | 0% | 81 | 1.13 → 71.18median 17.78 | 2 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| impact_rankbigint | 0% | 92 | 1 → 91median 46 | 2 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| detail_urlvarchar | 0% | 87 | — |
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| row_hashvarchar | 0% | 99 | — |
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20260925T064419Z-3399ad18115b · sha256 3399ad18115b…
91 rows · first snapshot
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/usgs_impact_signals/usgs_significant_earthquakes_weekly" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/usgs_impact_signals/usgs_significant_earthquakes_weekly").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/usgs_impact_signals/usgs_significant_earthquakes_weekly
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.
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USGS Significant Earthquake Impact Digest. (2026). Significant earthquakes: weekly impact digest [Data set, snapshot 20260925T064419Z-3399ad18115b, sha256 3399ad18115b]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-09-25, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/usgs_impact_signals/usgs_significant_earthquakes_weekly?snapshot=20260925T064419Z-3399ad18115b
@misc{dz_usgs_impact_signals_usgs_significant_ear_3399ad18,
title = {{Significant earthquakes: weekly impact digest}},
author = {{USGS Significant Earthquake Impact Digest}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/usgs_impact_signals/usgs_significant_earthquakes_weekly?snapshot=20260925T064419Z-3399ad18115b}},
note = {Snapshot 20260925T064419Z-3399ad18115b, sha256 3399ad18115b98ea89ae6f97af8b5d842ccd774e8b0638a7e055ca94c0c07546; accessed 2026-09-25}
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