Recent earthquakes near a coordinate. Returns each quake with magnitude, place name, time (ISO), latitude/longitude/depth, tsunami flag, USGS event URL, and distance-from-query in km — sorted by time descending. Real-time data, post-LLM-training-cutoff. Backed by USGS FDSN event API (public domain). Query: lat (-90..90), lon (-180..180), radius_km (1-1000, default 500), hours (1-720, default 24), min_magnitude (0-10, default 2.0).
/api/quakes/recentPAYMENT-SIGNATURE.The recent API is a pay-per-call quakes endpoint built for AI agents and autonomous software. Recent earthquakes near a coordinate.
There is no signup and no API key. An agent (or any HTTP client) hits the endpoint, receives an x402 "402 Payment Required" challenge, signs a sub-cent USDC payment on Base or Solana, and retries — the data comes back on the paid request. That makes it a drop-in recent data source for an agent tool-use loop, an MCP host, or a backend that needs quakes data on demand without onboarding to yet another vendor portal.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
latrequired | number | min -90 · max 90 |
lonrequired | number | min -180 · max 180 |
radius_km | number | min 1 · max 1000 |
hours | number | min 1 · max 720 |
min_magnitude | number | min 0 · max 10 |
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/quakes/recent?lat=-90&lon=-180&radius_km=500&hours=24&min_magnitude=2' # 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/quakes/recent?lat=-90&lon=-180&radius_km=500&hours=24&min_magnitude=2' \ -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>' # Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry): # EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \ # --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \ # 'https://2s.io/api/quakes/recent?lat=-90&lon=-180&radius_km=500&hours=24&min_magnitude=2'
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'
const client = new TwoS({
privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})
const result = await client.quakes.recent({
"lat": -90,
"lon": -180,
"radius_km": 500,
"hours": 24,
"min_magnitude": 2
})
console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)import os
from twosio import TwoS
client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])
result = client.quakes.recent(lat=-90, lon=-180, radius_km=500, hours=24, min_magnitude=2)
print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
// EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.
// claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"2sio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
"env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
}
}
}
// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "quakes.recent",
"arguments": {
"lat": -90,
"lon": -180,
"radius_km": 500,
"hours": 24,
"min_magnitude": 2
}
}
}| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ok | boolean | one of: true |
items | array | |
total | integer | Total matching rows upstream; null when unknown. |
source | object | |
meta | object |
{
"ok": true,
"items": [
{}
],
"total": 1,
"source": {
"provider": "example",
"url": "example",
"license": "example"
},
"meta": {
"query": {
"latitude": 1,
"longitude": 1,
"radiusKm": 1,
"hours": 1,
"minMagnitude": 1
},
"largestMagnitude": 1,
"nearestKm": 1
}
}