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USGS Earthquakes MCP

A community MCP server provided by Pipeworx that interfaces with the USGS FDSNWS event API. It enables AI agents to search for real-time and historical seismic events, retrieve detailed earthquake information by ID, and count earthquakes matching specific filters such as magnitude, depth, time window, and geographic area.

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USGS Earthquakes MCP logo, by PipeworxCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Pipeworx
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What you can do with it

  • Search the USGS earthquake catalog for real-time and historical seismic events
  • Get full details for a single earthquake by its USGS event ID
  • Count earthquakes matching specific filters without returning the events

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.0
mcp-registry: io.github.pipeworx-io/usgs-earthquakes@0.2.0Source repositoryProject website
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@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes 0.2.0

npm
@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usgs-earthquakes-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usgs-earthquakes-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "usgs-earthquakes-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usgs-earthquakes-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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