Earth & environment
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
Similar capabilities
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.




