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Earthquake & water data

Earthquake catalogues and stream-gauge readings from USGS.

1 credit / call|search_earthquakes, get_water_data

Once connected, say this to your agent

List M5+ earthquakes within 300 km of Tokyo since 2000.

SourcesUSGS
Works withClaude · ChatGPT · Codex · Cursor · Gemini CLI · REST API
Toolssearch_earthquakes, get_water_data

Example

YOU SAY TO YOUR AGENT

List M6+ earthquakes within 300 km of Tokyo since 2000.

On the right: the call your agent makes and the reply it got on 2026-10-13, shortened to the first records and a few of their fields.

search_earthquakes({
  "latitude": 35.68,
  "longitude": 139.69,
  "radius_km": 300,
  "min_magnitude": 6,
  "start": "2000-01-01",
  "limit": 5
})

{
  "summary": "5 earthquakes within 300 km of 35.68, 139.69 with magnitude 6+ from 2000-01-01; largest returned M 7.5; the limit of 5 was reached, so more events may exist (raise limit or min_magnitude, or order by magnitude) (USGS).",
  "records": [
    {
      "title": "M 6.1 - 77 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9sq",
      "source": "usgs",
      "data": {
        "magnitude": 6.1,
        "time": "2024-04-04T03:16:30.313Z",
        "latitude": 37.7104,
        "longitude": 141.856,
        "depthKm": 29
      }
    },
    {
      "title": "M 7.5 - 2024 Noto Peninsula, Japan Earthquake",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl",
      "source": "usgs",
      "data": {
        "magnitude": 7.5,
        "time": "2024-01-01T07:10:09.476Z",
        "latitude": 37.4874,
        "longitude": 137.271,
        "depthKm": 10
      }
    }
  ],
  "credits_used": 1
}

What you get

  • Events or readings with time, place and values

Good fit

  • Geoscience and hydrology

Not for

  • Real-time alerts

Frequently asked questions

Your agent calls search_earthquakes, get_water_data over MCP. ScholarMuse queries USGS and returns records, each with its source, licence and a link you can check.

No. It costs 1 credit per call, charged only when the call succeeds. A new account gets 50 credits once, valid for 30 days.

Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and any other client that supports MCP.

Yes. The same tools (search_earthquakes, get_water_data) are available over the REST API.