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USGS Earthquake Catalog API — Earthquakes
USGS Earthquake Catalog API — Earthquakes. 2 operations. Lead operation: Count Earthquake Events. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Us Geological Survey business surface.
What You Can Do
GET
Countearthquakes
— Count Earthquake Events
/v1/count
GET
Queryearthquakes
— Query Earthquake Catalog
/v1/query
MCP Tools
count-earthquake-events
Count Earthquake Events
read-only
idempotent
query-earthquake-catalog
Query Earthquake Catalog
read-only
idempotent
Capability Spec
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
label: USGS Earthquake Catalog API — Earthquakes
description: 'USGS Earthquake Catalog API — Earthquakes. 2 operations. Lead operation: Count Earthquake Events. Self-contained
Naftiko capability covering one Us Geological Survey business surface.'
tags:
- Us Geological Survey
- Earthquakes
created: '2026-05-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
keys:
US_GEOLOGICAL_SURVEY_API_KEY: US_GEOLOGICAL_SURVEY_API_KEY
capability:
consumes:
- type: http
namespace: usgs-earthquake-catalog-earthquakes
baseUri: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1
description: USGS Earthquake Catalog API — Earthquakes business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
resources:
- name: count
path: /count
operations:
- name: countearthquakes
method: GET
description: Count Earthquake Events
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: format
in: query
type: string
description: Output format
- name: starttime
in: query
type: string
description: Limit results to events on or after this date/time (ISO8601)
- name: endtime
in: query
type: string
description: Limit results to events on or before this date/time (ISO8601)
- name: minlatitude
in: query
type: number
description: Minimum latitude boundary
- name: maxlatitude
in: query
type: number
description: Maximum latitude boundary
- name: minlongitude
in: query
type: number
description: Minimum longitude boundary
- name: maxlongitude
in: query
type: number
description: Maximum longitude boundary
- name: minmagnitude
in: query
type: number
description: Minimum magnitude filter
- name: maxmagnitude
in: query
type: number
description: Maximum magnitude filter
- name: query
path: /query
operations:
- name: queryearthquakes
method: GET
description: Query Earthquake Catalog
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: format
in: query
type: string
description: Output format for the response
- name: starttime
in: query
type: string
description: Limit results to events on or after this UTC date/time (ISO8601)
- name: endtime
in: query
type: string
description: Limit results to events on or before this UTC date/time (ISO8601)
- name: updatedafter
in: query
type: string
description: Limit results to events updated after this UTC date/time (ISO8601)
- name: minlatitude
in: query
type: number
description: Limit to events south of this latitude (-90 to 90)
- name: maxlatitude
in: query
type: number
description: Limit to events north of this latitude (-90 to 90)
- name: minlongitude
in: query
type: number
description: Limit to events east of this longitude (-360 to 360)
- name: maxlongitude
in: query
type: number
description: Limit to events west of this longitude (-360 to 360)
- name: latitude
in: query
type: number
description: Latitude for circle search center (requires longitude and maxradius)
- name: longitude
in: query
type: number
description: Longitude for circle search center (requires latitude and maxradius)
- name: maxradius
in: query
type: number
description: Maximum radius in degrees for circle search
- name: maxradiuskm
in: query
type: number
description: Maximum radius in kilometers for circle search
- name: minmagnitude
in: query
type: number
description: Limit to events with magnitude larger than this value
- name: maxmagnitude
in: query
type: number
description: Limit to events with magnitude smaller than this value
- name: mindepth
in: query
type: number
description: Limit to events with depth more than this value in km
- name: maxdepth
in: query
type: number
description: Limit to events with depth less than this value in km
- name: eventtype
in: query
type: string
description: Limit to events of a specific type (e.g., earthquake, explosion)
- name: limit
in: query
type: integer
description: Maximum number of events to return (1-20000)
- name: offset
in: query
type: integer
description: Return results starting at this offset (for pagination)
- name: orderby
in: query
type: string
description: Order results by field
- name: catalog
in: query
type: string
description: Specify a specific earthquake catalog to query
- name: contributor
in: query
type: string
description: Limit to events contributed by a specific contributor
- name: eventid
in: query
type: string
description: Select a specific event by event ID
- name: includeallmagnitudes
in: query
type: boolean
description: Include all available magnitudes for events
- name: includeallorigins
in: query
type: boolean
description: Include all available origins for events
- name: includedeleted
in: query
type: boolean
description: Include deleted events
- name: includesuperseded
in: query
type: boolean
description: Include superseded events
- name: reviewstatus
in: query
type: string
description: Limit to events with a specific review status
exposes:
- type: rest
namespace: usgs-earthquake-catalog-earthquakes-rest
port: 8080
description: REST adapter for USGS Earthquake Catalog API — Earthquakes. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed
operation, prefixed with /v1.
resources:
- path: /v1/count
name: count
description: REST surface for count.
operations:
- method: GET
name: countearthquakes
description: Count Earthquake Events
call: usgs-earthquake-catalog-earthquakes.countearthquakes
with:
format: rest.format
starttime: rest.starttime
endtime: rest.endtime
minlatitude: rest.minlatitude
maxlatitude: rest.maxlatitude
minlongitude: rest.minlongitude
maxlongitude: rest.maxlongitude
minmagnitude: rest.minmagnitude
maxmagnitude: rest.maxmagnitude
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- path: /v1/query
name: query
description: REST surface for query.
operations:
- method: GET
name: queryearthquakes
description: Query Earthquake Catalog
call: usgs-earthquake-catalog-earthquakes.queryearthquakes
with:
format: rest.format
starttime: rest.starttime
endtime: rest.endtime
updatedafter: rest.updatedafter
minlatitude: rest.minlatitude
maxlatitude: rest.maxlatitude
minlongitude: rest.minlongitude
maxlongitude: rest.maxlongitude
latitude: rest.latitude
longitude: rest.longitude
maxradius: rest.maxradius
maxradiuskm: rest.maxradiuskm
minmagnitude: rest.minmagnitude
maxmagnitude: rest.maxmagnitude
mindepth: rest.mindepth
maxdepth: rest.maxdepth
eventtype: rest.eventtype
limit: rest.limit
offset: rest.offset
orderby: rest.orderby
catalog: rest.catalog
contributor: rest.contributor
eventid: rest.eventid
includeallmagnitudes: rest.includeallmagnitudes
includeallorigins: rest.includeallorigins
includedeleted: rest.includedeleted
includesuperseded: rest.includesuperseded
reviewstatus: rest.reviewstatus
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- type: mcp
namespace: usgs-earthquake-catalog-earthquakes-mcp
port: 9090
transport: http
description: MCP adapter for USGS Earthquake Catalog API — Earthquakes. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline
through this capability's consumes block.
tools:
- name: count-earthquake-events
description: Count Earthquake Events
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: usgs-earthquake-catalog-earthquakes.countearthquakes
with:
format: tools.format
starttime: tools.starttime
endtime: tools.endtime
minlatitude: tools.minlatitude
maxlatitude: tools.maxlatitude
minlongitude: tools.minlongitude
maxlongitude: tools.maxlongitude
minmagnitude: tools.minmagnitude
maxmagnitude: tools.maxmagnitude
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- name: query-earthquake-catalog
description: Query Earthquake Catalog
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: usgs-earthquake-catalog-earthquakes.queryearthquakes
with:
format: tools.format
starttime: tools.starttime
endtime: tools.endtime
updatedafter: tools.updatedafter
minlatitude: tools.minlatitude
maxlatitude: tools.maxlatitude
minlongitude: tools.minlongitude
maxlongitude: tools.maxlongitude
latitude: tools.latitude
longitude: tools.longitude
maxradius: tools.maxradius
maxradiuskm: tools.maxradiuskm
minmagnitude: tools.minmagnitude
maxmagnitude: tools.maxmagnitude
mindepth: tools.mindepth
maxdepth: tools.maxdepth
eventtype: tools.eventtype
limit: tools.limit
offset: tools.offset
orderby: tools.orderby
catalog: tools.catalog
contributor: tools.contributor
eventid: tools.eventid
includeallmagnitudes: tools.includeallmagnitudes
includeallorigins: tools.includeallorigins
includedeleted: tools.includedeleted
includesuperseded: tools.includesuperseded
reviewstatus: tools.reviewstatus
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.