getgeometry: Get event geometry/polygons

API: gdacs.org:gdacs-api
Endpoint: /polygons/getgeometry
Response format: application/json
Charset: utf-8
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 356ms

Description

Returns geometry data for a specific event episode as GeoJSON FeatureCollection. Includes both point centroids and affected area polygons.

Parameters (3)

episodeid (integer, query, required)

Episode identifier for the event

eventid (integer, query, required)

Unique event identifier

eventtype (string, query, required)

Type of disaster event

Constraints: {'enum': ['EQ', 'FL', 'TC', 'DR', 'WF', 'VO']}

Examples (1)

Get event geometry openapi-spec
curl 'https://www.gdacs.org/gdacsapi/api/polygons/getgeometry?eventtype=EQ&eventid=1528843&episodeid=1692737'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://www.gdacs.org/gdacsapi/api/polygons/getgeometry",
    params={
        'eventtype': 'EQ',
        'eventid': '1528843',
        'episodeid': '1692737',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("gdacs")
result = api.fetch("polygons/getgeometry", eventtype="EQ", eventid=1528843, episodeid=1692737)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.gdacs.org/gdacsapi/api/polygons/getgeometry?eventtype=EQ&eventid=1528843&episodeid=1692737");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 17:10:03.734371 200 356ms
2026-04-16 00:27:11.181008 200 840ms
2026-04-15 01:39:14.198921 200 307ms
2026-04-14 01:43:28.023938 200 332ms
2026-04-12 13:06:22.867027 200 264ms
2026-04-10 01:26:50.047396 200 226ms
2026-04-09 03:10:53.342165 ERR
2026-04-08 00:15:55.415333 200 262ms
2026-04-07 00:05:28.895329 200 325ms
2026-04-05 19:18:49.610714 200 321ms
2026-04-05 00:24:14.627227 200 408ms
2026-04-04 03:15:28.360712 200 367ms
2026-04-03 13:07:24.146312 200 580ms
2026-03-30 02:10:06.894057 200 335ms
2026-03-29 13:03:28.444294 200 297ms
2026-03-23 10:35:43.686975 200 222ms 1.1MB