Fetch
Retrieve the USGS Significant Earthquakes, Past Week feed and preserve source identifiers, coordinates and timestamps.
Publication method · version 1.2
Proof before prediction.
DisasterSignal separates public source records, automated discovery and reviewed platform claims. Latest combines a source-limited USGS earthquake view with screened and human-approved GDACS hotspots; it does not claim complete global disaster coverage.
Last method change · 07 Sep 2026
How a signal becomes public
04 stagesValidate
Reject malformed geometry, impossible magnitudes, unsupported URLs and records that do not match the expected source shape.
Separate
Publish validated USGS source records, but keep GDACS flood and landslide discovery records private until a human review supports publication.
Explain
Show source status, timing, location and direct links without turning evidence into an alert, prediction or safety instruction.
Limits and labels
What is public today?
The Latest view combines records from the USGS Significant Earthquakes, Past Week feed with screened, human-approved GDACS hotspots. “Major” is a DisasterSignal display filter for magnitude 5.5 or greater within the USGS feed; it is not an emergency classification. The source status shown on a USGS record—such as automatic or reviewed—belongs to USGS, not to DisasterSignal.
What remains private?
GDACS flood and landslide records are first screened for timeliness, alert level, recency, hazard speed and cross-border relevance. Low-priority, pending, held and rejected records remain private. A generic flood is never silently relabelled as flash flood, and no discovery becomes public without an explicit human decision.
01 · Not an official warning
02 · No guarantee of completeness
03 · No disaster prediction
04 · No inferred local safety advice