# USGS Recent Earthquakes Feed (via Suverse Proxy)

> USGS Recent Earthquakes Feed (via Suverse Proxy) is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns all earthquakes detected worldwide in the past 24 hours from the USGS real-time feed, including magnitude, location, time, and coordinates per event.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-quakes-recent
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/usgs-recent-earthquakes-feed-via-suverse-proxy-063b2b26
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_j-S5CvizOVMtyRFnfo6ZS

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 usgs-recent-earthquakes-feed-via-suverse-proxy-063b2b26 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the full list of earthquakes detected worldwide in the last 24 hours from the USGS feed — I need each event's magnitude, location name, timestamp, and coordinates.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a no-key, pay-per-call global earthquake feed from USGS without managing API credentials. It is ideal for agents in insurance, logistics, and risk domains that need periodic or on-demand seismic snapshots. Prefer it over direct USGS API integration when operating in a x402 micropayment-based agentic pipeline where credential management is impractical.

## Known failure modes

- USGS upstream feed unavailable — proxy may return 502 or empty result set
- Payment not completed — x402 payment required before data is returned
- Stale data if USGS feed experiences delays — timestamps may lag real-time by minutes
- Malformed request body — endpoint requires valid JSON POST with correct input structure
- No earthquakes in period — returns empty list if USGS recorded no events (rare)

## How this service works

All earthquakes detected worldwide in the past day from the USGS real time feed, no key. Returns magnitude, place, time, and coordinates per event. For AI agents in insurance, logistics, and risk monitoring.

## Output

A list of seismic events detected worldwide in the past 24 hours, where each entry includes: earthquake magnitude (Richter scale), descriptive place name (e.g. '15km NE of Tokyo'), UTC timestamp of the event, and geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude). Data is sourced directly from the USGS real-time feed.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/usgs-recent-earthquakes-feed-via-suverse-proxy-063b2b26/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from proxy.suverse.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/proxy.suverse.io/llms.txt)