Quake Energy

{
  "asOf": "2026-10-11T08:35:42.216Z",
  "comparison": {
    "amplitudeRatio": 100,
    "energyRatio": 1000,
    "note": "M7 is 1000x the energy of M5.",
    "otherMagnitude": 5
  },
  "degraded": false,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "energyJoules": 2000000000000000,
  "energyKilotonsTnt": 477,
  "energyTntTons": 477000,
  "formulas": "Radiated energy log10 E(J) = 1.5 M + 4.8 (Gutenberg-Richter); seismic moment M0(N m) = 10^(1.5 M + 9.1) (Hanks and Kanamori); 1 ton TNT = 4.184e9 J; Hiroshima taken as 6.3e13 J (about 15 kt).",
  "hiroshimaEquivalents": 31.7,
  "magnitude": 7,
  "notChecked": [
    "real events: radiated energy from the magnitude relation is an average, individual earthquakes vary by a factor of several",
    "damage: it depends on depth, distance, ground and construction, not on energy alone"
  ],
  "reasons": [
    "Each whole magnitude step is 10x the ground-motion amplitude and about 31.6x the energy."
  ],
  "seismicMomentNewtonMetres": 39800000000000000000,
  "source": "computed locally",
  "summary": "M7 releases about 2.00e+15 J, roughly 477 kilotons of TNT or 31.7 Hiroshima-size bombs. Versus M5: 1000x energy, 100x amplitude.",
  "verdict": "COMPUTED"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://global-hazards.x402tookit.com/quake-energy?compareTo=5&magnitude=7'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://global-hazards.x402tookit.com/quake-energy?compareTo=5&magnitude=7' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobal-hazards.x402tookit.com%2Fquake-energy
const res = await pay("https://global-hazards.x402tookit.com/quake-energy?compareTo=5&magnitude=7");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://global-hazards.x402tookit.com/quake-energy?compareTo=5&magnitude=7")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)