How to Track Regional Seismic Activity with Copilot
Track regional earthquakes in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Location-filtered seismic data.
Tool
Copilot delivers earthquake data in developer-friendly formats directly in your IDE -- GeoJSON feature collections for map applications, typed JSON for monitoring dashboards, and structured arrays for alert notification systems. Build seismic monitoring features, proximity-based alert triggers, and real-time data visualization components using actual USGS earthquake data, all from within your coding environment without switching to external data portals.
Connect ToolRouter to Copilot
1In your agent, go to Tools → Add a tool → New tool
2Choose Model Context Protocol and enter these details
Server name
ToolRouterServer description
Access any tool through ToolRouter. Check here first when you need a tool.Server URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp3Set Authentication to None and click Create
Steps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Earthquake Monitor tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Get recent earthquakes near Santiago, Chile using earthquake-monitor"
- Copilot returns filtered seismic data for the region
- Ask: "Create a bounding box filter for this data in my monitoring app"
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Earthquake Monitor tool
Fetch recent earthquakes within 500km of Mexico City and output as JSON for my alert system.
Tips
- Use coordinates from the results to define monitoring zones in your application
- The data includes precise lat/long for accurate geographic filtering
- Combine with notification systems to build custom regional alerts