search_earthquakes
Pack: usgs-earthquakes · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usgs-earthquakes/mcp
Search the USGS earthquake catalog (FDSNWS event API) for real-time and historical seismic events. Filter by time window, magnitude, depth, and a circular geographic area. Returns a compact list of quakes with magnitude, location, time, coordinates, depth, and significance. Keyless.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
start_time | string | no | ISO date/time lower bound, e.g. “2026-06-01” or “2026-06-01T00:00:00”. Defaults to 30 days ago. |
end_time | string | no | ISO date/time upper bound, e.g. “2026-06-09”. Defaults to now. |
min_magnitude | number | no | Minimum magnitude (e.g. 5 for M5+). |
max_magnitude | number | no | Maximum magnitude. |
latitude | number | no | Center latitude for a circular search (use with longitude + max_radius_km). |
longitude | number | no | Center longitude for a circular search (use with latitude + max_radius_km). |
max_radius_km | number | no | Search radius in km around latitude/longitude. |
min_depth_km | number | no | Minimum hypocenter depth in km. |
max_depth_km | number | no | Maximum hypocenter depth in km. |
limit | number | no | Max events to return (default 20, max 100). |
order_by | string | no | Sort order: “time” (newest first, default), “magnitude” (largest first), “time-asc”, or “magnitude-asc”. |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usgs-earthquakes/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": {
"usgs-earthquakes": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usgs-earthquakes/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.