io.github.mrfentmen/usgs-mcp

usgs-mcp

Is the io.github.mrfentmen/usgs-mcp MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-11-09.

USGS earthquakes: latest quakes and queries by magnitude, count and start time.

alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-11-09

5tools

1.2ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5

0.6 %of Claude's 200k window

0.5×the median server

242 msto initialize

41 msto list tools

Run it: npx -y usgs-mcp@1.0.1 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host: npmjs.com
Reports itself as: usgs-mcp 1.0.0
Capabilities: tools
Instructions: none
Of a 1M window: 0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count: 1.2k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-29. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 1.2k. The o200k_base estimate is 627. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository: https://github.com/mrfentmen/awesome-servers
Registry: active, updated 2026-11-08 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.86×.

Tool	≈ Claude tokens	o200k estimate	Share of this server
quakes_near	325	175	28 %
latest_quakes	244	131	21 %
biggest_quakes	225	121	19 %
query_quakes	221	119	19 %
quake_detail	151	81	13 %

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Servers that mention usgs.

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