#earthquake

Earthquake-magnitude seismology as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The energy endpoint computes the radiated seismic energy released by an earthquake of a given magnitude using the Gutenberg-Richter relation, log10(E) = 1.5·M + 4.8 with E in joules, and converts it to a TNT equivalent in tons and kilotons (one ton of TNT ≈ 4.184×10⁹ J), with a felt/damage classification. The compare endpoint quantifies how much bigger one quake is than another: each magnitude unit means about ten times the ground-motion amplitude on a seismograph and about 31.6 times (10^1.5) the energy, so it returns both the amplitude ratio and the energy ratio between two magnitudes. The moment-magnitude endpoint converts between the seismic moment M0 (in newton-metres, M0 = rigidity × rupture area × slip) and the moment magnitude with the Hanks-Kanamori relation Mw = (2/3)·log10(M0) − 6.07, in either direction. Magnitudes are dimensionless, energy is in joules and seismic moment in newton-metres. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for seismology-education, disaster-modelling, insurance, structural-risk and science app developers, earthquake-energy and magnitude tools, and STEM teaching. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is the earthquake-magnitude calculator; for real-time and historical earthquake event feeds use an earthquake data API.

api.oanor.com/richter-api

Real-time and historical earthquake data sourced from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. Pull ready-made summary feeds by magnitude band and period (significant, M4.5+, M2.5+, M1.0+ or all, over the past hour, day, week or month), run a full FDSN search by time window, magnitude range and geographic radius, count matching events, fetch the latest quakes worldwide, or look up a single event by its USGS id. Every event comes as a clean record with magnitude and type, place, ISO timestamps, depth and coordinates, felt reports, shaking intensity (CDI/MMI), PAGER alert level, tsunami flag and significance. Authoritative public data delivered through a fast, reliable API — ideal for insurance and risk, IoT and sensor alerting, newsrooms, research and disaster-response apps.

api.oanor.com/earthquake-api