USGS Global Earthquakes

This map presents recent earthquake information from the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) program.

This app is part of Indicators of the Planet.  Please see https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/indicators

In addition to displaying earthquakes by magnitude, this service also provide earthquake impact details. Impact is measured by population as well as models for economic and fatality loss. For more details, see: PAGER Alerts.Events are updated as frequently as every 5 minutes and are available up to 30 days with the following exceptions:

• Events with a Magnitude LESS than 3.0 are retained for 3 days
• Events with a Magnitude LESS than 4.5 are retained for 7 days

In addition to event points, ShakeMaps are also provided. These have been dissolved by Shake Intensity to reduce the Layer Complexity.The specific layers provided in this service have been Time Enabled and include:

• Events by Magnitude: The event’s seismic magnitude value.
• Contains PAGER Alert Level: USGS PAGER (Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response) system provides an automated impact level assignment that estimates fatality and economic loss.
• Contains Significance Level: An event’s significance is determined by factors like magnitude, max MMI, ‘felt’ reports, and estimated impact.
• Shake Intensity: The Instrumental Intensity or Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) for available events.

For field terms and technical details, see: ComCat Documentation
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.

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• Earthquake
• Esri
• Indicators
• Indicators of the Planet
• Live Feed
• Live Feeds
• PAGER
• Shakemap
• USGS
• earth observations
• environment
• esri_environment
• hazards

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (54%)
• Maturity Level 2 (62%)
• Maturity Level 3 (44%)
• Maturity Level 4 (30%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

Field	Value
Last Updated	March 24, 2026, 21:07 (UTC)
Created	March 24, 2026, 21:07 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	USGS Global Earthquakes
Description A description of the dataset.	This map presents recent earthquake information from the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) program. This app is part of Indicators of the Planet.  Please see https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/indicators In addition to displaying earthquakes by magnitude, this service also provide earthquake impact details. Impact is measured by population as well as models for economic and fatality loss. For more details, see: PAGER Alerts.Events are updated as frequently as every 5 minutes and are available up to 30 days with the following exceptions: Events with a Magnitude LESS than 3.0 are retained for 3 days Events with a Magnitude LESS than 4.5 are retained for 7 days In addition to event points, ShakeMaps are also provided. These have been dissolved by Shake Intensity to reduce the Layer Complexity.The specific layers provided in this service have been Time Enabled and include: Events by Magnitude: The event’s seismic magnitude value. Contains PAGER Alert Level: USGS PAGER (Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response) system provides an automated impact level assignment that estimates fatality and economic loss. Contains Significance Level: An event’s significance is determined by factors like magnitude, max MMI, ‘felt’ reports, and estimated impact. Shake Intensity: The Instrumental Intensity or Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) for available events. For field terms and technical details, see: ComCat Documentation 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.
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Earthquake Esri Indicators Indicators of the Planet Live Feed Live Feeds PAGER Shakemap USGS earth observations environment esri_environment hazards
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.	2.34
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2020-07-10
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

Field	Value
Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).	public
License License used to access the dataset.	This work is licensed under the Esri Master License Agreement. View Summary | View Terms of Use
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://climate.esri.ca/datasets/arcgis-content::usgs-global-earthquakes-1
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	EMeriam
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	ArcGIS Living Atlas Team
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.	ArcGIS Living Atlas Team
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.
Author Author of the dataset.	EMeriam
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.	2020-08-10

Field	Value
Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.	26583331a2224ab2aa4000cc73a79696
Language Language(s) of the dataset	English
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.	https://climate.esri.ca/datasets/arcgis-content::usgs-global-earthquakes-1
Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type Platform type of the source portal.

Field	Value
Version Version of the datatset	None
Source Source of the dataset.	None
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset Link to dataset that it is a version of.	Unified: USGS Global Earthquakes
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.	USGS Global Earthquakes
Provenance Text Provenance Text of the data.	ArcGIS Living Atlas Team
Provenance URL Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions) Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.

Field	Value
Indigenous Community Permission Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

Field	Value
Number of data rows If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
Number of data cells If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
Number of data relations If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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