# paylyte.ai Recent Earthquakes

> paylyte.ai Recent Earthquakes is a paid API for AI agents from paylyte.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Returns a list of recent significant earthquakes from the USGS, including time, magnitude, and event ID for each quake.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://paylyte.ai/v1/data/quakes/recent?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/paylyte-ai-recent-earthquakes-958e9c94
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9hMWHzexZH6Z9W6N2qPfr

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability paylyte-ai-recent-earthquakes-958e9c94
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest significant earthquakes from the USGS and show me each one's magnitude and when it happened?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, pay-per-call lookup of recent significant USGS earthquake data without managing API keys or USGS rate limits directly. Best suited for agents that need periodic seismic monitoring or one-off queries about recent earthquake activity, especially in automated workflows that already handle x402 micropayments.

## Known failure modes

- USGS upstream unavailability causing stale or missing data
- Rate limiting or payment failure resulting in 402 response
- Empty quakes array if no significant events occurred recently
- Malformed response if upstream USGS feed format changes

## How this service works

Recent significant earthquakes from the U.S. Geological Survey, with time, magnitude, and event ID.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing a list of recent significant earthquake events sourced from the USGS, each with time, magnitude, and event ID, plus metadata such as sourceUrl, retrievedAtUtc, product tier, and a note about the data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "product",
      "tier",
      "quakes",
      "sourceUrl",
      "retrievedAtUtc",
      "as_of",
      "note"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "note": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "tier": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "as_of": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "quakes": {
       "type": "array"
      },
      "product": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "sourceUrl": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "retrievedAtUtc": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/paylyte-ai-recent-earthquakes-958e9c94/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from paylyte.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/paylyte.ai/llms.txt)