earthquakes
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List recent earthquakes worldwide from the USGS feed. Filter by minimum magnitude, look-back window in days, and optionally a bounding box or a point+radius (km). Returns magnitude, place, time, depth and coordinates.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| min_magnitude | number | no | Only return quakes at or above this magnitude. |
| days | integer | no | Look back this many days (default 7, max 30). |
| lat | number | no | Optional center latitude for a radius search. |
| lon | number | no | Optional center longitude for a radius search. |
| radius_km | number | no | Radius in km around lat/lon (requires lat+lon). |
| limit | integer | no | Maximum number of quakes to return. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"min_magnitude": {
"type": "number",
"default": 4.5,
"description": "Only return quakes at or above this magnitude."
},
"days": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Look back this many days (default 7, max 30).",
"default": 7
},
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Optional center latitude for a radius search."
},
"lon": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Optional center longitude for a radius search."
},
"radius_km": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Radius in km around lat/lon (requires lat+lon)."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 20,
"description": "Maximum number of quakes to return."
}
},
"required": []
}