# usgs-earthquakes

> Use this tool when you need to query earthquake events or retrieve data on seismic activity. It solves problems related to accessing and analyzing earthquake data, such as searching for quake events by location or date. The tool takes natural language queries as input and returns relevant earthquake data from the USGS Earthquake Catalog via the FDSNWS API.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-usgs-earthquakes  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-usgs-earthquakes

## Description

Provides access to the USGS Earthquake Catalog for querying earthquake events via the FDSNWS API, enabling natural language questions about earthquake data.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-03

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-03

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/lvj8fuigp3)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-usgs-earthquakes>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "pipeworx-io-mcp-usgs-earthquakes"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-usgs-earthquakes` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-usgs-earthquakes/pull`

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