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NASA EONET Natural Events

Curated NASA EONET natural-event metadata for reviewing wildfire, volcano, storm, and other recent event context.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Tiny · ≤0.01 GB
Formats
JSON
Access
API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker
Updates
Near Real Time
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
NASA EONET metadata is publicly accessible for analysis; cite EONET and check separately linked source rights. Event extents are informational, approximate, and not official emergency boundaries.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

EONET curates recent natural-event metadata from multiple sources. Start with three open events and inspect IDs, categories, and source links. NASA warns that event extents are approximate and not official; the rights of separately linked source observations must be reviewed before republishing those observations.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Read the EONET v3 API documentation and event disclaimer.
  2. 2.Request three open events in one bounded call.
  3. 3.Keep event IDs and source links separate from local warning evidence.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events",
    params={"limit": 3, "status": "open"}, timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
for event in response.json()["events"][:3]:
    print(event["id"], event["title"],
          [category["id"] for category in event["categories"]])
4

Test a Useful Signal

Inspect Recent Natural Events

Review a small EONET response as contextual discovery data.

  1. 01Keep event ID, categories, source URLs, and geometry dates.
  2. 02Verify independent official sources before local hazard conclusions.
  3. 03Explain why an EONET event extent is not an official warning area.

Related Datasets

Dataset Details

NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: recent natural-event metadata.

Geography

Global

Formats

JSON

Provider

NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker

Data Terms

NASA EONET metadata is publicly accessible for analysis; cite EONET and check separately linked source rights. Event extents are informational, approximate, and not official emergency boundaries.

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