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Earthquakes API

Earthquakes API

Section titled “Earthquakes API”

The Earthquakes API serves cached lists of immediate seismic events bound by Alaska’s geographical polygon constraints.

Endpoint

Section titled “Endpoint”
GET https://docs.alaskaintel.com/api/earthquakes.json

Example Response

Section titled “Example Response”
{
  "updated_at": "2026-04-03T18:05:00Z",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "ak0264b3x1yz",
      "magnitude": 4.5,
      "location": "65km S of Whittier, Alaska",
      "depth_km": 30.5,
      "time": "2026-04-03T18:02:15Z",
      "coordinate": {
        "lat": 60.18,
        "lon": -148.68
      }
    }
  ]
}

Performance & Cache

Section titled “Performance & Cache”

Data served through the /api/earthquakes.json root is mapped statically to the edge with a 15-second time-to-live (TTL), protecting source servers from abusive reloading while remaining fast enough for dashboards.