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IPMA Regional Seismic Observations

Portuguese regional earthquake records for building a dated seismic context view around travel destinations.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Tiny · ≤0.001 GB
Formats
JSON
Access
API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Updates
Near Real Time
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
IPMA permits free personal or public noncommercial use with source attribution; commercial use is excluded.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

IPMA publishes regional seismic JSON files, including areas 3 and 7 used by TravelCanary. Start with area 3 and inspect two records; a reported earthquake is contextual information, not an active hazard warning.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Read IPMA's regional seismic API description and noncommercial terms.
  2. 2.Fetch the area 3 file and check its update date.
  3. 3.Inspect two earthquake records before applying a time or magnitude filter.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import requests

url = "https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/seismic/3.json"
response = requests.get(url, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
feed = response.json()
print(feed["idArea"], feed.get("updateDate"))
for event in feed["data"][:2]:
    print(event.get("time"), event.get("magnitud"))
4

Test a Useful Signal

Review Regional Seismic Context

Show two dated earthquake records from an official IPMA region.

  1. 01Fetch one area and retain its update timestamp.
  2. 02Display event time and magnitude beside the region ID.
  3. 03Explain that a past event does not establish current local risk.

Related Datasets

Dataset Details

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: recent regional seismic observations.

Geography

Portugal

Formats

JSON

Provider

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera

Data Terms

IPMA permits free personal or public noncommercial use with source attribution; commercial use is excluded.

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