# Vextorium Natural Disaster Alerts (GDACS)

> Vextorium Natural Disaster Alerts (GDACS) is a paid API for AI agents from api.vextorium.com, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Returns worldwide natural disaster alerts (earthquakes, cyclones, floods, volcanoes, droughts, wildfires) from GDACS, filterable by type and alert level, with country, severity, coordinates, and dates.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.vextorium.com/alertas-desastres-pago?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vextorium-natural-disaster-alerts-gdacs-e38e6c6c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_kuc0n36ctlCL02G9MhXKj

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 vextorium-natural-disaster-alerts-gdacs-e38e6c6c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me all current orange and red-level natural disaster alerts worldwide — I want to see earthquakes, floods, and tropical cyclones, up to 50 results.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, globally-sourced natural disaster alerts with structured metadata (type, severity, country, coordinates, dates) from an authoritative UN/EU source. Prefer it over general news APIs when you need machine-readable, categorized disaster data with severity levels. Ideal for emergency dashboards, travel safety checks, humanitarian workflows, or disaster monitoring agents.

## Known failure modes

- No alerts match the requested type/level filter — returns empty alertas array with total:0
- Invalid enum value for tipo or nivel — likely a 400 error or ignored filter
- GDACS data source temporarily unavailable — may return stale or empty data
- Limit out of range (below 1 or above 100) — may default to 20 or return an error
- Network timeout if GDACS upstream is slow

## How this service works

Natural disaster alerts worldwide (earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes, droughts, wildfires) from GDACS, by the UN and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre: country, alert level, severity and dates.

## Output

A JSON object containing total alert count, data source attribution (GDACS), minimum alert level filter applied, and an array of alert objects each with: event name, country, disaster type, alert color (verde/naranja/rojo), severity description, latitude/longitude, start/end dates, active status flag, and a direct link to the GDACS event report page.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "tipo": {
   "enum": [
    "terremoto",
    "ciclon",
    "inundacion",
    "volcan",
    "sequia",
    "incendio"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "nivel": {
   "enum": [
    "verde",
    "naranja",
    "rojo"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "limite": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "1-100 (default 20)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "total": 88,
  "fuente": "GDACS (Naciones Unidas y Centro Común de Investigación de la Comisión Europea)",
  "alertas": [
   {
    "lat": 18.1,
    "lon": 83.7,
    "pais": "India",
    "tipo": "ciclon",
    "desde": "2026-09-22T18:00:00",
    "hasta": "2026-09-24T00:00:00",
    "activa": false,
    "alerta": "naranja",
    "enlace": "https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1001326&episodeid=6&eventtype=TC",
    "nombre": "Tropical Cyclone ONE-26",
    "gravedad": "Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 83 km/h)"
   },
   {
    "lat": 30.5,
    "lon": -108,
    "pais": "Mexico",
    "tipo": "ciclon",
    "desde": "2026-09-21T03:00:00",
    "hasta": "2026-09-30T03:00:00",
    "activa": true,
    "alerta": "rojo",
    "enlace": "https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1001325&episodeid=38&eventtype=TC",
    "nombre": "Tropical Cyclone POLO-26",
    "gravedad": "Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 287 km/h)"
   },
   {
    "lat": -6.1009,
    "lon": 105.4233,
    "pais": "Indonesia",
    "tipo": "volcan",
    "desde": "2026-09-04T21:00:00",
    "hasta": "2026-09-04T21:00:00",
    "activa": false,
    "alerta": "naranja",
    "enlace": "https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1000148&episodeid=1&eventtype=VO",
    "nombre": "Eruption  Krakatau",
    "gravedad": ""
   },
   {
    "lat": 29.2752,
    "lon": 105.229,
    "pais": "China",
    "tipo": "terremoto",
    "desde": "2026-08-28T05:13:35",
    "hasta": "2026-08-28T05:13:35",
    "activa": false,
    "alerta": "naranja",
    "enlace": "https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1562260&episodeid=1729706&eventtype=EQ",
    "nombre": "Earthquake in China",
    "gravedad": "Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km"
   },
   {
    "lat": 27.2953,
    "lon": 85.3649,
    "pais": "Nepal",
    "tipo": "inundacion",
    "desde": "2026-08-26T01:00:00",
    "hasta": "2026-09-01T14:00:00",
    "activa": false,
    "alerta": "rojo",
    "enlace": "https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1104124&episodeid=1&eventtype=FL",
    "nombre": "Flood in Nepal",
    "gravedad": "Magnitude 0 "
   }
  ],
  "nivel_minimo": "naranja"
 }
}
```

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