# Quick earthquake messages

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- ID: ` hk-hko-rss-quick-earthquake-messages `
- Publisher: [Hong Kong Observatory](/publishers/568222e3-81c2-49d8-83a7-f9a2fdacc52f/) · [Markdown](/publishers/568222e3-81c2-49d8-83a7-f9a2fdacc52f/index.md)
- Categories: [Climate and Weather](/categories/climate-and-weather/) · [Markdown](/categories/climate-and-weather/index.md)
- Tags: Not stated
- Resources: 7
- Updated: 2024-03-20T16:35:15.771083
- Harvest started: 2026-10-20T22:31:00.105Z
- Licence: Not stated
- Source: [Official metadata record](<https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_show?id=hk-hko-rss-quick-earthquake-messages>)

Harvest started is the source harvest start associated with this record, not its precise retrieval time. Updated is an upstream metadata claim.

## Description

Provide information on earthquakes of magnitude 6\.0 or above worldwide, as analyzed by the Hong Kong Observatory\. The multiple file formats are available for datasets download in API\.

## Resources

These are upstream resource links from metadata. Resource contents and endpoint availability have not been verified here.

### [Quick Earthquake Messages (Traditional Chinese)](<https://data.weather.gov.hk/weatherAPI/opendata/earthquake.php?dataType=qem&lang=tc>)

- Resource ID: ` 1135209c-2868-470c-a3e3-01e4260e73ba `
- Format: JSON
- Language: zh-Hant
- Updated: 2022-12-22T16:45:19.974752
- Original URL: ` https://data.weather.gov.hk/weatherAPI/opendata/earthquake.php?dataType=qem&lang=tc `

This API is providing information on earthquakes of magnitude 6\.0 or above worldwide, as analyzed by the Hong Kong Observatory\.

### [Quick Earthquake Messages (English)](<https://data.weather.gov.hk/weatherAPI/opendata/earthquake.php?dataType=qem&lang=en>)

- Resource ID: ` 2c7e299a-3dd1-4ae8-b930-5c0fd7ea69f9 `
- Format: JSON
- Language: en
- Updated: 2022-12-22T16:45:19.277857
- Original URL: ` https://data.weather.gov.hk/weatherAPI/opendata/earthquake.php?dataType=qem&lang=en `

This API is providing information on earthquakes of magnitude 6\.0 or above worldwide, as analyzed by the Hong Kong Observatory\.

### [Quick Earthquake Messages (Traditional Chinese)](<https://rss.weather.gov.hk/rss/QuickEarthquakeMessage_uc.xml>)

- Resource ID: ` a26350a2-40bb-4325-a655-ab2b238b38f2 `
- Format: RSS
- Language: zh-Hant
- Updated: 2022-12-22T16:45:18.096896
- Original URL: ` https://rss.weather.gov.hk/rss/QuickEarthquakeMessage_uc.xml `

Provide information on earthquakes of magnitude 6\.0 or above worldwide, as analyzed by the Hong Kong Observatory\.

### [Quick Earthquake Messages (Simplified Chinese)](<https://rss.weather.gov.hk/sc/rss/QuickEarthquakeMessage_uc.xml>)

- Resource ID: ` ddb19d40-f30a-4c0c-a4a8-aaffe1e6693a `
- Format: RSS
- Language: zh-Hans
- Updated: 2022-12-22T16:45:18.727883
- Original URL: ` https://rss.weather.gov.hk/sc/rss/QuickEarthquakeMessage_uc.xml `

Provide information on earthquakes of magnitude 6\.0 or above worldwide, as analyzed by the Hong Kong Observatory\.

### [Quick Earthquake Messages (English)](<https://rss.weather.gov.hk/rss/QuickEarthquakeMessage.xml>)

- Resource ID: ` e004f070-4568-45da-b7ee-e04c3ec5465a `
- Format: RSS
- Language: en
- Updated: 2022-12-22T16:45:17.573094
- Original URL: ` https://rss.weather.gov.hk/rss/QuickEarthquakeMessage.xml `

Provide information on earthquakes of magnitude 6\.0 or above worldwide, as analyzed by the Hong Kong Observatory\.

### [Quick earthquake messages (Spatial Data Format)](<https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=0b0a19d6-5c34-5770-8aa5-3d6a1087c2c9>)

- Resource ID: ` e0eb0c36-e2c9-41c4-9bf4-a45a86c26f8f `
- Format: API
- Language: en, zh-Hant, zh-Hans
- Updated: 2024-03-20T16:35:15.781832
- Original URL: ` https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=0b0a19d6-5c34-5770-8aa5-3d6a1087c2c9 `

Provide information on earthquakes of magnitude 6\.0 or above worldwide, as analysed by the Hong Kong Observatory\. The multiple file formats are available for datasets download in API\.

### [Quick Earthquake Messages (Simplified Chinese)](<https://data.weather.gov.hk/weatherAPI/opendata/earthquake.php?dataType=qem&lang=sc>)

- Resource ID: ` edd81faa-af27-4049-ab69-34368475d83e `
- Format: JSON
- Language: zh-Hans
- Updated: 2022-12-22T16:45:20.545876
- Original URL: ` https://data.weather.gov.hk/weatherAPI/opendata/earthquake.php?dataType=qem&lang=sc `

This API is providing information on earthquakes of magnitude 6\.0 or above worldwide, as analyzed by the Hong Kong Observatory\.

## Document availability

Parsed specifications and data dictionaries: not available for this dataset. [Document availability](/documents.md).