NOAA NGDC
Natural hazards data including earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- unknown
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Weather
- Data source
- marcelscruz
- Documentation / URL
- https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
Overview
NOAA NGDC is a free public API in the Weather category. Natural hazards data including earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.
Weather APIs are a staple of free developer tooling — they power dashboards, travel planners, home-automation triggers, and IoT projects.
You can use this API in prototypes, side projects, and production applications — just keep the provider’s usage policy in mind.
Authentication
NOAA NGDC requires no authentication — you can start calling it directly, which makes it great for quick experiments and client-side demos.
HTTPS & CORS
- HTTPS: not supported — NOAA NGDC is served over plain HTTP only. Avoid sending sensitive data, and prefer HTTPS endpoints where possible.
- CORS: unknown — if you plan to call NOAA NGDC from the browser, verify CORS support in the official docs or with a quick test request.
Getting Started
- Read the official documentation: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
- Make a test request with
curlor your favourite HTTP client.
Rate Limits & Notes
- Rate limits, quotas, and free-tier terms are defined by the provider — always check the official documentation for NOAA NGDC before scaling up.
- The upstream listing is community-maintained; fields like auth, HTTPS and CORS reflect the state at listing time and may change.
FAQ
Does NOAA NGDC require an API key?
No — NOAA NGDC is listed as a no-auth API, so you can call it directly.