earthquake-mcp-server

An MCP server that provides tools to search USGS and EMSC seismic data, including real-time feeds, event queries, and earthquake counts. It supports STDIO or Streamable HTTP connections and offers resources for injecting earthquake context into AI agents.

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What you can do with it

Fetch real-time earthquake feeds by magnitude tier and time window
Search earthquakes by time range, magnitude, depth, and location
Count earthquakes matching specific filters without fetching full records
Fetch detailed analysis for a single earthquake event by ID

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.5.0

mcp-registry: io.github.cyanheads/earthquake-mcp-server@0.5.0 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@cyanheads/earthquake-mcp-server 0.5.0

npmnpx

@cyanheads/earthquake-mcp-server package definition

{
  "version": "0.5.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/earthquake-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
    },
    {
      "name": "USGS_BASE_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov",
      "description": "USGS API base URL. Override for testing or mirroring."
    },
    {
      "name": "EMSC_BASE_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "https://www.seismicportal.eu",
      "description": "EMSC API base URL. Override for testing or mirroring."
    },
    {
      "name": "DEFAULT_LIMIT",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "15",
      "description": "Events earthquake_search_events returns when a call omits limit (1-1000)."
    },
    {
      "name": "REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "10000",
      "description": "Per-attempt HTTP timeout in milliseconds (1000-120000). Feed, search, and event calls also share a 50-second total deadline across every request and retry; standalone count calls use this per-attempt value."
    },
    {
      "name": "EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "true",
      "description": "Clamp a search or feed limit above 1000 to 1000 with a notice. Set false to advertise and enforce a maximum of 1000 instead."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "earthquake-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/earthquake-mcp-server@0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "USGS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_USGS_BASE_URL>",
        "EMSC_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_EMSC_BASE_URL>",
        "DEFAULT_LIMIT": "<YOUR_DEFAULT_LIMIT>",
        "REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS": "<YOUR_EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "earthquake-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/earthquake-mcp-server@0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "USGS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_USGS_BASE_URL>",
        "EMSC_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_EMSC_BASE_URL>",
        "DEFAULT_LIMIT": "<YOUR_DEFAULT_LIMIT>",
        "REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS": "<YOUR_EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "earthquake-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/earthquake-mcp-server@0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "USGS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_USGS_BASE_URL>",
        "EMSC_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_EMSC_BASE_URL>",
        "DEFAULT_LIMIT": "<YOUR_DEFAULT_LIMIT>",
        "REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS": "<YOUR_EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "earthquake-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/earthquake-mcp-server@0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "USGS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_USGS_BASE_URL>",
        "EMSC_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_EMSC_BASE_URL>",
        "DEFAULT_LIMIT": "<YOUR_DEFAULT_LIMIT>",
        "REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS": "<YOUR_EARTHQUAKE_CLAMP_LIMITS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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