Get recent earthquakes from USGS. No API key needed.
AI agents call intel_earthquakes to retrieve information from Threat Intelligence MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves seismic data from the USGS public database without creating, modifying, executing, deleting, or committing financial operations. It is purely informational and read-only. Low severity because earthquake data retrieval poses minimal security risk even if misused by an AI agent - it cannot be weaponized to cause harm. The tool returns factual, publicly available information.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get recent earthquakes from USGS' - a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects. The name 'intel_earthquakes' and verb 'Get' indicate data querying.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access intel_earthquakes gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Threat Intelligence MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for intel_earthquakes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"intel_earthquakes": {}
}
}intel_earthquakes is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get recent earthquakes from USGS. No API key needed. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Threat Intelligence MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Threat Intelligence MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for intel_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 Threat Intelligence MCP Server. Nothing to install.
intel_earthquakes is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the intel_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 intel_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.
intel_earthquakes is provided by the Threat Intelligence MCP Server MCP server (marc-shade/world-intel-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Threat Intelligence MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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