# usgs_recent_earthquakes

Get recent earthquakes from USGS.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `usgs_recent_earthquakes`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/usgs-recent-earthquakes

## Facts

- Tool: `usgs_recent_earthquakes`
- Server: UnClick (`creativelead/unclick`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/creativelead/unclick
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | number | no |  |
| `period` | string | no | hour, day, week, month |
| `minmagnitude` | number | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "usgs_recent_earthquakes",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why usgs_recent_earthquakes is rated Low

This tool queries publicly available earthquake data and returns information without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. The action is read-only retrieval with no blast radius if misused by an AI agent—the worst outcome would be excessive API calls or data exfiltration of public seismic information, which poses minimal risk.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool retrieves recent earthquake data from USGS; performs a query/fetch operation with no side effects or data modification capability."

## Use case

AI agents call usgs_recent_earthquakes to retrieve information from UnClick without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches UnClick:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "usgs_recent_earthquakes": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on UnClick (450)

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- `vault_action` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/vault-action.md
- `csuite_analyze` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/csuite-analyze.md
- `mastodon_action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/mastodon-action.md
- `slack_action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/slack-action.md
- `text_transform` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/text-transform.md
- `unclick_call` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/unclick-call.md
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- …and 420 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=creativelead-unclick · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/creativelead-unclick