# Usgs Earthquakes (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes)

USGS Earthquake Catalog MCP (FDSNWS event API).

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-07

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 86/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/usgs-earthquakes-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/usgs-earthquakes-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-07.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-usgs-earthquakes).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 58/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1298 tokens (~432/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 30/100
  - Stability observed for 9 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Usgs Earthquakes MCP server?

Usgs Earthquakes runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-06 (score 82, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-29 (score 78)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_earthquakes` (~630 tokens)

Search the USGS earthquake catalog (FDSNWS event API) for real-time and historical seismic events. Filter by time window, magnitude, depth, and a circular geographic area. For "last N days/hours" questions pass `days`/`hours` rather than computing start_time yourself. Returns a compact list of quakes with magnitude, location, time, coordinates, depth, and significance, plus the exact start_time/end_time and magnitude filter actually queried. Keyless.

Input parameters:

- `days` (number): Trailing window length in days, measured back from the exact current time (e.g. days: 7 for "the last 7 days"). Use this instead of computing a start_time for relative-window questions — it is the on…
- `end_time` (string): ISO date/time upper bound, e.g. "2026-06-09". A bare date is treated as 00:00:00 UTC that day. Defaults to now.
- `hours` (number): Trailing window length in hours, measured back from the exact current time (e.g. hours: 168 for "the past 168 hours"). Same precedence as `days` (ignored if start_time/end_time given); takes priority…
- `latitude` (number): Center latitude for a circular search (use with longitude + max_radius_km).
- `limit` (number): Max events to return (default 20, max 100).
- `longitude` (number): Center longitude for a circular search (use with latitude + max_radius_km).
- `max_depth_km` (number): Maximum hypocenter depth in km.
- `max_magnitude` (number): Maximum magnitude.
- `max_radius_km` (number): Search radius in km around latitude/longitude.
- `min_depth_km` (number): Minimum hypocenter depth in km.
- `min_magnitude` (number): Minimum magnitude (e.g. 5 for M5+).
- `order_by` (string): Sort order: "time" (newest first, default), "magnitude" (largest first), "time-asc", or "magnitude-asc".
- `start_time` (string): ISO date/time lower bound, e.g. "2026-06-01" or "2026-06-01T00:00:00". A bare date (no time) is treated as 00:00:00 UTC that day. If given, this (with end_time) takes precedence over `days`/`hours`,…

### `get_earthquake` (~92 tokens)

Get full detail for a single earthquake by its USGS event id (e.g. "us7000n7n8"). Returns magnitude, location, time, depth, felt reports, tsunami flag, PAGER alert level, status, contributing networks, and detail URLs. Keyless.

Input parameters:

- `event_id` (string, required): USGS event id, e.g. "us7000n7n8".

### `count_earthquakes` (~518 tokens)

Count earthquakes matching a filter without returning the events — fast for questions like "how many M5+ quakes in the last 7 days near X". Same filters as search_earthquakes (time, magnitude, circular area); for "last N days/hours" questions pass `days`/`hours` rather than computing start_time yourself. The response echoes the exact start_time/end_time and magnitude filter actually queried, ahead of the count itself. Keyless.

Input parameters:

- `days` (number): Trailing window length in days, measured back from the exact current time (e.g. days: 7 for "the last 7 days"). Use this instead of computing a start_time for relative-window questions — it is the on…
- `end_time` (string): ISO date/time upper bound, e.g. "2026-06-09". A bare date is treated as 00:00:00 UTC that day. Defaults to now.
- `hours` (number): Trailing window length in hours, measured back from the exact current time (e.g. hours: 168 for "the past 168 hours"). Same precedence as `days` (ignored if start_time/end_time given); takes priority…
- `latitude` (number): Center latitude for a circular search.
- `longitude` (number): Center longitude for a circular search.
- `max_magnitude` (number): Maximum magnitude.
- `max_radius_km` (number): Search radius in km around latitude/longitude.
- `min_magnitude` (number): Minimum magnitude (e.g. 5 for M5+).
- `start_time` (string): ISO date/time lower bound, e.g. "2026-06-01" or "2026-06-01T00:00:00". A bare date (no time) is treated as 00:00:00 UTC that day. If given, this (with end_time) takes precedence over `days`/`hours`,…

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-07: 82
- 2026-11-06: 82
- 2026-11-05: 78
- 2026-11-04: 78
- 2026-11-03: 78
- 2026-11-02: 78
- 2026-11-01: 78
- 2026-10-31: 78
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 78

## Common questions

### What is the Usgs Earthquakes MCP server?

Usgs Earthquakes is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/usgs-earthquakes. USGS Earthquake Catalog MCP (FDSNWS event API). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes).

### Is the Usgs Earthquakes MCP server safe to use?

Usgs Earthquakes scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 7 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Usgs Earthquakes MCP server expose?

Usgs Earthquakes exposes 3 tools: search_earthquakes, get_earthquake, count_earthquakes. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,240 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Usgs Earthquakes MCP server still maintained?

Usgs Earthquakes is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 7 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Usgs Earthquakes MCP server under?

Usgs Earthquakes declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Usgs Earthquakes MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Usgs Earthquakes, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-usgs-earthquakes
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/usgs-earthquakes
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-earthquakes/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-earthquakes