earthquakes
Recent earthquakes from the USGS: filter by bounding box or center point + radius, minimum magnitude and time window (last N days or start/end dates). Returns magnitude, place, time, coordinates, depth, tsunami flag, PAGER alert, felt reports and USGS event links. Price: $0.01 USDC per successful...
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What earthquakes does on ScorpTech x402 API
AI agents invoke earthquakes to trigger actions in ScorpTech x402 API. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
end | string | — | End date YYYY-MM-DD |
lat | number | — | Circle center latitude |
lon | number | — | Circle center longitude |
days | integer | — | Look-back window in days when start is not set (1-365, default 7) |
limit | integer | — | Max events (1-500, default 50) |
order | string | — | time (newest first, default) or magnitude |
start | string | — | Start date YYYY-MM-DD |
maxlat | number | — | Bounding box north latitude |
maxlon | number | — | Bounding box east longitude |
minlat | number | — | Bounding box south latitude (use all four box params) |
minlon | number | — | Bounding box west longitude |
minmag | number | — | Minimum magnitude (default 2.5) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why earthquakes is rated High
earthquakes triggers real processes with real consequences. An agent gone sideways doesn't fire it once. It starts dozens of builds, sends mass notifications, or burns through compute before anyone looks up.
Risk signalsHigh parameter count (13 properties)
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The rule that runs earthquakes safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and ScorpTech x402 API, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For earthquakes, this is the rule to start with:
earthquakes stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect ScorpTech x402 API, apply this rule, and every earthquakes call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about earthquakes
Recent earthquakes from the USGS: filter by bounding box or center point + radius, minimum magnitude and time window (last N days or start/end dates). Returns magnitude, place, time, coordinates, depth, tsunami flag, PAGER alert, felt reports and USGS event links. Price: $0.01 USDC per successful call (x402, Solana). Same tool over HTTPS: GET https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/v1/earthquakes. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the ScorpTech x402 API MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
earthquakes accepts 12 parameters: end, lat, lon, days, limit, order, start, maxlat, maxlon, minlat, minlon, minmag. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the ScorpTech x402 API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for earthquakes: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches ScorpTech x402 API. Nothing to install.
earthquakes is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the earthquakes rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for earthquakes. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
earthquakes is provided by the ScorpTech x402 API MCP server (https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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