`recent_quakes`

Pack: geonet-nz · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/recent_quakes for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Recent New Zealand earthquakes from GeoNet (official NZ monitoring, GNS Science), filtered by minimum Modified Mercalli Intensity. MMI 3 ≈ widely felt, 5 ≈ damaging; -1 returns all located quakes. Returns magnitude, depth, locality, felt intensity, and coordinates, newest first. Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`min_mmi`	number	no	Minimum Modified Mercalli Intensity, -1 to 8 (default 3). -1 = all quakes, 3 ≈ widely felt, 5 ≈ damaging. Out-of-range values are clamped.
`limit`	number	no	Max quakes to return (default 15, max 50).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "min_mmi": 3,
  "limit": 15
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/geonet-nz/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"recent_quakes","arguments":{"min_mmi":3,"limit":15}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('recent_quakes', {
  "min_mmi": 3,
  "limit": 15
});

More examples

{
  "min_mmi": 5,
  "limit": 10
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the geonet-nz pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "geonet-nz": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/geonet-nz/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

recent_quakes