search_earthquakes
Pack: emsc · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/emsc/mcp
Search seismic events from EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) via the FDSN-standard seismicportal.eu API. Global coverage with especially strong Europe/Mediterranean reporting — complements USGS. Filter by UTC time range, magnitude, and location (either a bounding box OR a center point + radius in degrees). Times are UTC ISO 8601, depth in km, and place names come from the Flynn-Engdahl region. Example: search_earthquakes({ start: “2026-01-01”, end: “2026-02-01”, minmag: 5.0, orderby: “magnitude” }) or search_earthquakes({ lat: 38.0, lon: 23.7, maxradius: 5, minmag: 3 }).
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
start | string | no | Start of UTC time window, ISO 8601 (e.g. “2026-01-01” or “2026-01-01T00:00:00”). |
end | string | no | End of UTC time window, ISO 8601. |
minmag | number | no | Minimum magnitude (optional). |
maxmag | number | no | Maximum magnitude (optional). |
minlat | number | no | Bounding box southern latitude, -90 to 90 (optional). |
maxlat | number | no | Bounding box northern latitude, -90 to 90 (optional). |
minlon | number | no | Bounding box western longitude, -180 to 180 (optional). |
maxlon | number | no | Bounding box eastern longitude, -180 to 180 (optional). |
lat | number | no | Center latitude for circular search (use with lon + maxradius). |
lon | number | no | Center longitude for circular search (use with lat + maxradius). |
maxradius | number | no | Maximum radius in degrees from center lat/lon (optional). |
minradius | number | no | Minimum radius in degrees from center lat/lon (optional). |
limit | number | no | Maximum number of results, 1-1000 (default: 50). |
orderby | string | no | Result ordering (default: “time”, i.e. newest first). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/emsc/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_earthquakes","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"emsc": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/emsc/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.