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Natural hazard data by country

Theme
Natural hazards
Countries
58
National sources
86
Global datasets
14
Last verified

National flood, landslide and seismic hazard maps, plus global catalogues and alerts (USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS fires, GDACS, Copernicus EMS). This page lists all 86 national hazard sources in the catalogue, country by country, after the 14 global datasets.

Global natural hazards datasets

  • Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    World Resources Institute · Global

    Riverine and coastal flood depth maps for return periods from 2 to 1,000 years, at about 1 km, for present and future climates.

    • Natural hazards
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    wri.org

    Verified

  • Copernicus Emergency Management Service: rapid mapping (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Commission (Copernicus EMS) · Activation areas worldwide

    Delineation and grading maps for floods, fires, earthquakes and storms since 2012, with vector downloads per activation.

    • Natural hazards
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Copernicus EMS licence (free; attribution)
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage, PDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • EM-DAT international disaster database (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    CRED, UCLouvain · Global

    Records of 26,000+ natural and technological disasters since 1900 with deaths, people affected and losses by country.

    • Natural hazards
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    Free for non-commercial use (registration)
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    emdat.be

    Verified

  • GDACS (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System) (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    European Commission JRC / UN OCHA · Global

    Automatic alerts and impact estimates for earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes and droughts, with event shapes.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See GDACS terms (free; attribution)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, RSS, API
    Link
    gdacs.org

    Verified

  • GEM Global Seismic Hazard Map (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation · Global

    Peak ground acceleration with 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years, from a mosaic of regional hazard models (2023 version).

    • Natural hazards
    • Geology
    Licence
    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, Shapefile
    Link
    globalquakemodel.org

    Verified

  • Global Flood Database (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Cloud to Street / Dartmouth Flood Observatory · Global

    Satellite-observed extents of 913 large floods (2000–2018) from MODIS at 250 m, with population exposed.

    • Natural hazards
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    CC BY-NC 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    global-flood-database.cloudtostreet.ai

    Verified

  • NASA FIRMS active fires (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    NASA LANCE · Global

    Near-real-time MODIS (1 km) and VIIRS (375 m) fire detections within 3 hours of overpass, with archive downloads; free map key for the API.

    • Natural hazards
    • Environment
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    CSV, Shapefile, KML, API
    Link
    firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • NCEI Natural Hazards (tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes) (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    NOAA NCEI · Global

    Historical databases of significant earthquakes, tsunami events and run-ups, and volcanic eruptions from 2150 BC to the present.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    CSV, TSV, API, WMS
    Link
    ncei.noaa.gov

    Verified

  • ThinkHazard! (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    World Bank GFDRR · Global

    Screening tool that rates 11 hazards (flood, earthquake, landslide, cyclone and more) by admin area, with an API and source links.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    API, PDF
    Link
    thinkhazard.org

    Verified

  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    US Geological Survey · Global

    Search worldwide earthquakes by time, area and magnitude from the ComCat catalogue, with real-time GeoJSON feeds.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    CSV, GeoJSON, KML, API
    Link
    earthquake.usgs.gov

    Verified

  • Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Copernicus Emergency Management Service / ECMWF · Global

    Global river discharge forecasts to 30 days and historical reanalysis at 0.05°; data download via the Early Warning Data Store.

    • Hydrology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Copernicus EMS licence (free; attribution)
    Formats
    NetCDF, GRIB, WMS
    Link
    global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • GPM IMERG precipitation (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center · Global

    Half-hourly satellite precipitation at 0.1° from 2000, in early, late and final runs; free Earthdata Login needed.

    • Climate & weather
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    HDF5, NetCDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    gpm.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • Maxar Open Data Program (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Maxar Technologies (Vantor) · Disaster areas worldwide

    Pre- and post-event very-high-resolution (about 30–50 cm) imagery for major disasters, released for humanitarian response.

    • Imagery
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    CC BY-NC 4.0
    Formats
    COG, STAC
    Link
    registry.opendata.aws

    Verified

  • NASA Worldview (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    NASA EOSDIS · Global

    Daily global MODIS and VIIRS imagery within hours of capture, with 1,000+ layers back to 2000; ideal for fires, floods and dust.

    • Imagery
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, JPEG, KMZ
    Link
    worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

Natural hazards sources by country

Africa 9 countries

Comoros 1
Kenya 1
Madagascar 1
Mauritius 1
Mozambique 1
Seychelles 1
Somalia 1
South Africa 3
Tanzania 1

Asia 19 countries

Bangladesh 1
Bhutan 1
Georgia 1
Hong Kong 1
India 3
Indonesia 2
Japan 2
Malaysia 2
Nepal 1
Oman 1
Pakistan 2
Philippines 3
Saudi Arabia 1
South Korea 2
Sri Lanka 1
Taiwan 2
Thailand 2
Türkiye 2
Vietnam 1

Europe 16 countries

Czechia 1
France 1
Greece 2
Hungary 1
Iceland 1
Ireland 1
Italy 2
Montenegro 1
Norway 1
Poland 1
Romania 1
Slovakia 1
Slovenia 2
Sweden 1
Switzerland 1
United Kingdom 4

North America 9 countries

Belize 1
Dominica 1
El Salvador 1
Grenada 1
Haiti 1
Mexico 1
Saint Lucia 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1
United States 4

South America 2 countries

Colombia 1
Peru 1

Oceania 3 countries

Australia 5
Fiji 1
New Zealand 2

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