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USGS Earthquakes

Free

Real-time earthquake data from USGS. Seismic events, magnitudes, and locations for operational risk assessment.

No key required. Included on Free.

What you can ask

  • “What does USGS Earthquakes have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
  • “Pull the most recent USGS Earthquakes records and put them in a table.”
  • “What does USGS Earthquakes cover, and how fresh is the data?”

Connect to your AI assistant

Paste this URL into Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client, then sign in when prompted. USGS Earthquakes is ready as soon as you sign in.

https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Claude: use Add to Claude, or Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector and paste the URL.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http patchops https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open connectors

    In Claude, open Settings > Connectors and click "Add custom connector".

  2. 2

    Paste the URL

    Name it PatchOps and paste https://patchops.ai/api/mcp as the server URL, then click Add.

  3. 3

    Sign in

    Click Connect and sign in to PatchOps when Claude asks.

  4. 4

    Start using

    Ask Claude a question. It uses USGS Earthquakes through PatchOps when it needs to.

› Technical details

Real-time earthquake data from USGS. Seismic events, magnitudes, and locations for operational risk assessment.

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