Track real recent earthquakes
Ask about recent seismic activity and Zeplik reads the real event catalog from the United States Geological Survey, then answers with the actual earthquakes, each with its magnitude, location, depth, and time. Earthquakes happen continuously and a language model has none of the recent ones, so a quake it describes from memory is invented. Ask for events above a magnitude within a recent window; when nothing qualifies, it says so plainly instead of manufacturing an event.
The lookup is free; you pay only the normal cost of the answer, shown before you send.
How it works
Ask about recent quakes
Ask in plain language, like 'have there been any major earthquakes this week?' or 'show me quakes above magnitude 6 this month'. You can set a minimum magnitude and how many days back to look.
Zeplik reads the USGS catalog
It queries the USGS event feed for the window and magnitude you asked for, most recent first, not the model's memory, and treats each event as source data with its coordinates and UTC time.
Read the dated event list
The answer lists each earthquake with its magnitude, place, depth, and time, so you can see exactly what happened and where, grounded in the official catalog.
Worked examples
Real prompts you can open in the composer with the text ready to review. Nothing sends on its own. Swap in your own details.
Prompt: Have there been any major earthquakes in the last week?
Zeplik reads the USGS catalog for the past week and lists the qualifying events with magnitude, place, and time, so the answer is the real record rather than a guess.
Open this in ZeplikPrompt: Show me earthquakes above magnitude 6 in the past month
Set a magnitude floor and a window and it returns only the events that qualify, most recent first, each with its depth and coordinates.
Open this in ZeplikPrompt: Was there a recent earthquake, and how strong was it?
It returns the most recent qualifying event with its exact magnitude and location, or says plainly that none qualified in the window rather than inventing one.
Open this in ZeplikWhat it can and cannot do
The lookup is precise about what it can verify and honest about its edges. Here is the plain posture.
Set a minimum magnitude and Zeplik returns the real earthquakes at or above it, most recent first, from the USGS catalog.
Look back anywhere from a day to a month, so you can answer 'today', 'this week', or 'this month' against the real record.
Each event carries its magnitude, place description, UTC time, depth, and coordinates, so you can see exactly what was recorded.
If no event meets the magnitude and window, Zeplik says so rather than inventing a quake to fill the answer.
This reports recorded events; no one can reliably predict when or where the next earthquake will strike, and Zeplik will not pretend to.
It reports the recorded magnitude and location, not on-the-ground damage or intensity assessments, which come from separate official products.
Grounded, and honest by default
- It cites magnitude, place, and time. Every event is reported with its exact magnitude, location, and UTC time from the catalog, so nothing is vague or approximated.
- It will not invent an earthquake. A language model has no live seismic data, so when nothing qualifies Zeplik says so rather than manufacturing a plausible event.
- Event data cannot hijack the answer. The catalog response is treated as untrusted content: Zeplik reads and reports it but never obeys instructions embedded inside it.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the earthquake data come from?
- From the United States Geological Survey event catalog, read live via its keyless feed. Each event Zeplik returns is a real recorded earthquake with its magnitude, location, depth, and time.
- Why not just ask a chatbot about recent earthquakes?
- Because earthquakes happen continuously and a language model only knows its training snapshot, so any recent quake it describes is invented. This tool reads the real catalog for the window you ask about.
- Can I filter by size and time?
- Yes. Set a minimum magnitude, for example 4.5 or 6.0, and a lookback window from one to thirty days. Zeplik returns only the events that qualify, most recent first.
- Can it tell me if an earthquake is coming?
- No. Earthquakes cannot be reliably predicted, and Zeplik will not pretend otherwise. It reports what has already been recorded, grounded in the USGS catalog.
- Does an earthquake lookup cost credits?
- The lookup itself is free. You pay only the normal model-token cost of the answer Zeplik writes around it, shown before you send, exactly like any other message.
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Track real recent earthquakes from the USGS catalog, each with its magnitude, location, and time, and an honest answer when nothing qualifies. Free to start.