SleekRank for earthquake event pages
USGS earthquake events publish through a public feed with no per-event WordPress URL. SleekRank reads the feed directly and emits one page per event under /earthquakes/{slug}/, with magnitude, depth, location, ShakeMap, and Event schema, all from one source.
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Seismic events need a page each, not a paginated feed view
USGS publishes roughly 50,000 measurable seismic events each year through a GeoJSON feed that powers earthquake.usgs.gov. Researchers, journalists, and insurance modelers pull the same feed and store it locally because the public interface treats events as map markers, not as indexable destinations. Each event already has a unique event ID, a magnitude, a depth, a location, a time, and a ShakeMap intensity map.
SleekRank reads the feed file directly and emits one WordPress page per event. Each page carries event ID, magnitude, depth, time, region, country, tectonic setting, ShakeMap status, alert level, and an Event schema block, driven by tag and selector mappings on a shared base page. The URL pattern is /earthquakes/{slug}/, and the corpus refreshes after the next cache window.
Operations runs from the feed itself. The base page handles layout, while every event carries the same field set automatically. New events appear within the cache cycle, and historical events stay indexed at stable URLs for citation and search.
Workflow
From USGS feed to indexable earthquake corpus
Design the earthquake base page
Connect the USGS feed source
Wire schema, magnitude, and region
Handle ShakeMap and felt reports
Data in, pages out
USGS feed, one page per seismic event
| slug | event_id | magnitude | depth_km | region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m7-1-ridgecrest-2019-07-06 | ci38457511 | 7.1 | 8.0 | California |
| m6-0-napa-2014-08-24 | nc72282711 | 6.0 | 11.3 | California |
| m7-2-baja-2010-04-04 | ci14607652 | 7.2 | 10.0 | Baja California |
| m6-7-northridge-1994-01-17 | ci3144585 | 6.7 | 18.2 | California |
| m9-0-tohoku-2011-03-11 | usp000hvnu | 9.0 | 29.0 | Japan |
/earthquakes/{slug}/
- /earthquakes/m7-1-ridgecrest-2019-07-06/
- /earthquakes/m6-0-napa-2014-08-24/
- /earthquakes/m7-2-baja-2010-04-04/
- /earthquakes/m6-7-northridge-1994-01-17/
- /earthquakes/m9-0-tohoku-2011-03-11/
Comparison
USGS event maps vs SleekRank earthquake pages
USGS map-marker feed view
- Earthquake events render as map markers without indexable per-event URLs
- Feed-driven interfaces treat history as a pan-and-zoom action, not a page set
- Magnitude and depth fields hidden behind popovers and tooltip interactions
- ShakeMap and intensity layers separated from the textual event summary view
- No structured Event schema rendered on agency-side per-event pages by default
- Citing a specific event by URL requires deep-linking into an interactive map
SleekRank
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Every event gets an indexable URL under
/earthquakes/{slug}/ - Event and Place JSON-LD generated from time, magnitude, depth, and region
- ShakeMap and alert level render from one row each via selector mappings
- Tectonic setting and source network exposed as filterable internal links
- Sitemap covers every event ID in the USGS feed mirror automatically
- Related-events grid links by region, magnitude band, and tectonic setting
Features
What SleekRank gives you for Earthquake events one-per-event
Event schema per quake
Map time, magnitude, depth, and region to Event and Place JSON-LD via meta mappings. Each earthquake gets a structured data block so search engines can resolve the entity from the USGS event ID without scraping prose.
Magnitude and depth
Render magnitude, depth, source network, and felt-report count from the row via tag and selector mappings. The base page exposes the same template per event across teleseismic and local network sources at any scale.
Region and tectonic setting
Pull region, country, tectonic setting, and ShakeMap status directly from the feed. The base template renders a location summary block that adapts per event without per-page twig edits or duplicate templates.
Use cases
Who runs earthquake indexes on SleekRank
Seismology research groups
Academic seismic labs publish event corpora for citation. Each USGS row resolves to a stable URL, so working papers can cite individual events without breaking links across feed revisions or coda renumbering.
Earthquake news desks
Regional newsrooms cover major events in detail. SleekRank turns the feed into per-event pages on the publication's domain so coverage links to indexed event context rather than the agency map.
Insurance modeling teams
Catastrophe risk modelers publish public event archives tied to portfolio analysis. Each event resolves to a stable URL with ShakeMap, magnitude, and depth for model citation.
The bigger picture
Why earthquake data belongs on a public corpus
Earthquake data is public and constantly updated through the USGS feed, yet the public-facing surface is a map interface that treats history as zoomable cartography. Researchers, news desks, and insurance modelers all pull the same feed and store it locally because there is no indexable URL set that surfaces individual events for citation, ranking, or deep linking. SleekRank closes that gap by turning the USGS feed into one indexable URL per event on the publishing organization's own domain.
Each page ranks for its own magnitude, region, and date pairing. Event and Place schema make every event eligible for entity-level surfaces. Internal links across magnitude bands and tectonic settings form a navigation network that strengthens the publisher's authority on seismic topics.
The feed mirror stays in the same workflow editors already use, and the public corpus refreshes through cache cycles rather than a manual pipeline.
Questions
Common questions about SleekRank for Earthquake events one-per-event
SleekRank reads the USGS GeoJSON feed export directly. The agency publishes it on a rolling basis. Point the data source at your local mirror, set a cache window, and every page reflects the source on the next refresh without manual rebuilds.
 Most safety publishers set a 24-hour cache. The base page rerenders with new totals on the next cache window. A WP-CLI manual flush handles urgent corrections when a record updates between scheduled refresh cycles.
 Yes. Run a related-events block that uses sleekRankRelatedEntries() filtered by region, year, or source network. Each seismic event surfaces up to six adjacent records, and the grid stays deterministic per slug so internal links remain stable.
 Event and Place are valid Schema.org types and Google parses both. Whether enhanced result tiles render varies by query intent and competition, but the structured data improves entity resolution and underpins knowledge-panel eligibility.
 Store an array of county codes in the row. A list mapping on the base template renders each county chip with its own internal link, and the canonical URL stays anchored to the primary county so the slug strategy does not fragment by jurisdiction.
 Yes. Adjust the row in the source export and SleekRank reflects the new totals on the next cache refresh. A revision history column lets the base page expose the change log via a list mapping for transparency on amended records.
 Yes. Store an array of source network identifiers in the row. A list mapping renders each one with its own panel, and the schema mapping carries the primary source network into structured data so entity resolution stays clean across records that span multiple actors.
 Keep the original record name at the time of occurrence in the row. Add a current-name column for succession. The base page renders both, and a related-events grid filtered by current name gives readers continuity across renaming or reclassification.
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