Emsc vs Usgs Earthquakes
A side-by-side look at the Emsc and Usgs Earthquakes MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Emsc for environment & nature work as a local process; choose Usgs Earthquakes for environment & nature as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Emsc when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Environment & Nature domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
search_earthquakes, recent_earthquakes.
Choose Usgs Earthquakes when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Environment & Nature domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
search_earthquakes, get_earthquake, count_earthquakes.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Environment & Nature | Environment & Nature |
| Quality signal | 52/100 · Good | 52/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 2 | 3 |
| Full listing | View Emsc | View Usgs Earthquakes |
Tools & capabilities
Emsc tools 2
search_earthquakesSearch seismic events from EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) via the FDSN-standard seismicportal.eu API. Global coverage with especially strong Europe/Mediterranean reporting — complements USGS. Filter by UTC time range, magnitude, and location (either a bounding box OR a center po…recent_earthquakesGet recent earthquakes from EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre): the last N days above a minimum magnitude, newest first. Convenience wrapper over the FDSN event API. Global coverage, strong in Europe/Mediterranean. Times are UTC ISO 8601, depth in km. Example: recent_earthquakes({ d…
Usgs Earthquakes tools 3
search_earthquakesSearch the USGS earthquake catalog (FDSNWS event API) for real-time and historical seismic events. Filter by time window, magnitude, depth, and a circular geographic area. Returns a compact list of quakes with magnitude, location, time, coordinates, depth, and significance. Keyless.get_earthquakeGet full detail for a single earthquake by its USGS event id (e.g. "us7000n7n8"). Returns magnitude, location, time, depth, felt reports, tsunami flag, PAGER alert level, status, contributing networks, and detail URLs. Keyless.count_earthquakesCount earthquakes matching a filter without returning the events — fast for questions like "how many M5+ quakes in the last month near X". Same filters as search_earthquakes (time, magnitude, circular area). Keyless.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Emsc
{
"mcpServers": {
"emsc": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-emsc"
]
}
}
}
Usgs Earthquakes
{
"mcpServers": {
"usgs-earthquakes": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-earthquakes"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Emsc is categorized under Environment & Nature and uses a local stdio subprocess. Usgs Earthquakes belongs to Environment & Nature and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Emsc for environment & nature work and Usgs Earthquakes for environment & nature.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Emsc has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Usgs Earthquakes has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add emsc and usgs-earthquakes as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Emsc has a quality signal of 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Usgs Earthquakes has 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.