# obspy.Client USGS downloads

**URL:** https://discourse.obspy.org/t/obspy-client-usgs-downloads/492
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**Created:** [February 2, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/obspy-client-usgs-downloads/492 "2016-02-02T02:53:06Z")
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### Author: ![Sjoerd\_A.L\_de\_Ridder](https://discourse.obspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Sjoerd\_A.L\_de\_Ridder](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/Sjoerd_A.L_de_Ridder)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/obspy-client-usgs-downloads/492/1 "2016-02-02T02:53:06Z")

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Dear All,

does anyone have any experience downloading data from the USGS server?  
I keep getting the following message:

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### Author: ![Chad\_Trabant](https://discourse.obspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Chad\_Trabant](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/Chad_Trabant)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/obspy-client-usgs-downloads/492/2 "2016-02-02T05:32:55Z")

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Hello Sjoerd,

Presuming you are trying to connect to the [earthquake.usgs.gov](http://earthquake.usgs.gov) server, they only offer a fdsnws-event service. The error message you are receiving is likely due to the non-existence of an fdsnws-dataselect service. A list of available FDSN web service endpoints is here:  
[http://www.fdsn.org/webservices/datacenters/](http://www.fdsn.org/webservices/datacenters/)

Most of the publicly-accessible data that you might expect to get from USGS, primarily the Global Seismographic Network (GSN) and US regional networks, is available from the IRIS DMC.

regards,  
Chad