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get_earthquakes_near

A tool of USGS Earthquakes

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Get earthquakes near a specific geographic location.

Searches for earthquakes within a radius of the given coordinates.
Useful for assessing local seismic risk or investigating felt reports.

Args:
latitude: Latitude of the center point (e.g. 37.7749 for San Francisco).
longitude: Longitude of the center point (e.g. -122.4194 for San Francisco).
radius_km: Search radius in kilometers (default 100, max 20001).
min_magnitude: Minimum magnitude to include (default 1.0).
days: Number of days to look back (default 30, max 365).

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
latitudenumberyes
longitudenumberyes
radius_kmnumberno
min_magnitudenumberno
daysintegerno
Raw JSON schema
{
  "properties": {
    "latitude": {
      "title": "Latitude",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "longitude": {
      "title": "Longitude",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "radius_km": {
      "default": 100,
      "title": "Radius Km",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "min_magnitude": {
      "default": 1,
      "title": "Min Magnitude",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "days": {
      "default": 30,
      "title": "Days",
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "title": "get_earthquakes_nearArguments",
  "type": "object"
}

First seen 2026-09-14 · last seen 2026-09-15