Earthquake Schema

Earthquake JSON Schema

A critical component of integrating seismic alerts is guaranteeing mapping engines (such as TrueTopo) can natively plot latitude/longitude geometries.

Schema Definition

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "title": "AlaskaIntel Seismic Array",
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "id": { "type": "string" },
      "magnitude": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 },
      "location": { "type": "string" },
      "depth_km": { "type": "number" },
      "time": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
      "coordinate": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "lat": { "type": "number" },
          "lon": { "type": "number" }
        },
        "required": ["lat", "lon"]
      }
    },
    "required": ["id", "magnitude", "location", "time", "coordinate"]
  }
}