# Suverse GDACS Disaster Events

> Suverse GDACS Disaster Events is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.12/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns worldwide disaster events from GDACS (UN/EC) as GeoJSON, including earthquakes, cyclones, floods, volcanoes, droughts, and wildfires with alert level, severity, and population affected.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-gdacs-disaster-events
- Price: $0.12/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/suverse-gdacs-disaster-events-e4f586de
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_88ZtDY-dSPO8StXLEr8sG

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability suverse-gdacs-disaster-events-e4f586de -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest worldwide disaster events from GDACS and show me which ones have a red or orange alert level, including how many people are affected?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, UN/EC-backed global disaster event data with structured GeoJSON output suitable for map rendering or geospatial analysis. It covers all major disaster types in a single call at low cost ($0.12/call) and requires no API key, making it ideal for quick integration into disaster monitoring dashboards, risk assessment tools, or humanitarian response systems. Prefer this over scraping GDACS directly or using unofficial sources when you need a reliable proxy with consistent schema.

## Known failure modes

- GDACS upstream data unavailable — returns error indicating source feed issue
- Empty FeatureCollection if no active disasters match filters
- Payment not accepted (402) if x402 payment header is missing or invalid
- Malformed request body returns 400 validation error
- Timeout if GDACS source is slow to respond

## How this service works

Worldwide disaster events from GDACS (UN/EC): earthquakes, cyclones, floods, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires as GeoJSON with alert level, severity and population affected. Keyless.

## Output

A GeoJSON FeatureCollection where each Feature represents a disaster event. Each feature includes properties such as disaster type (earthquake, cyclone, flood, volcano, drought, wildfire), GDACS alert level (green/orange/red), severity score, estimated population affected, event name, country, and event date. Coordinates represent the event location for map rendering.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/suverse-gdacs-disaster-events-e4f586de/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from proxy.suverse.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/proxy.suverse.io/llms.txt)