# USGS Earthquake Catalog on looot

USGS Earthquake Catalog gives your agent 4 jobs through looot: count geo earthquake, get geo earthquake, feed geo earthquake and 1 more job. 4 endpoints run today, some of them free.

## At a glance

- Category: Other
- Access: No key needed: these endpoints are open, looot calls them for you
- Price: some free

## Choose it when

- You need to count geo earthquake: USGS Earthquake Catalog is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.
- You need to get geo earthquake: USGS Earthquake Catalog is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.
- You need to feed geo earthquake: USGS Earthquake Catalog is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.
- You need to search geo earthquake: USGS Earthquake Catalog is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.
- You want to start without any key: some of its endpoints are open and looot calls them for you.

## Endpoints and jobs

| Endpoint | Job | Price | Runs (30 days) | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Count earthquakes matching a search](/public-catalog/usgs-earthquake-count) | `geo.earthquake.count` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |
| [One earthquake in detail](/public-catalog/usgs-earthquake-event) | `geo.earthquake.get` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |
| [Recent earthquakes feed (past hour, day, week or month)](/public-catalog/usgs-earthquake-feed) | `geo.earthquake.feed` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |
| [Search earthquakes by time, place and magnitude](/public-catalog/usgs-earthquake-search) | `geo.earthquake.search` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |

## How the numbers are measured

Run numbers are looot's own runs of each endpoint over the last 30 days: the share that completed without an error, and the median time to answer. An endpoint with fewer than 10 runs in that window shows "not enough runs to rank" and is never ranked. Prices are what looot charges per call or per result, fee included, read from the live catalog; you prepay credit and each call is charged when it runs.

Read 2026-11-10 23:22 UTC.

## For agents

The minimal request for Count earthquakes matching a search (`usgs-earthquake-count`). Replace each <placeholder> with your value and send a new idempotency key per run.

### MCP

```json
{
  "endpointId": "usgs-earthquake-count",
  "input": {},
  "idempotencyKey": "<a new id per run>"
}
```

### REST

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"usgs-earthquake-count","input":{},"idempotencyKey":"<a new id per run>"}'
```

### CLI

```bash
looot run usgs-earthquake-count --input '{}'
```