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GET /v1/nearby

Open events near a coordinate

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/naturalevents-api/v1/nearby" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/naturalevents-api/v1/nearby", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/naturalevents-api/v1/nearby");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/naturalevents-api/v1/nearby",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "count": 20,
        "total": 129,
        "center": {
            "lat": 34,
            "lon": -118
        },
        "events": [
            {
                "id": "EONET_20233",
                "link": "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_20233",
                "title": "BAIN Wildfire, Riverside, California",
                "latest": {
                    "date": "2026-05-19T15:16:00Z",
                    "latitude": 33.975363,
                    "longitude": -117.505889,
                    "magnitude": 1379,
                    "magnitude_unit": "acres"
                },
                "status": "open",
                "sources": [
                    {
                        "id": "IRWIN",
                        "url": "https://irwin.doi.gov/observer/incidents/a7c6f956-f17f-4a90-9fe7-011addde290c"
                    }
                ],
                "categories": [
                    "Wildfires"
                ],
                "closed_date": null,
                "data_points": 1,
                "distance_km": 46
            },
            {
                "id": "EONET_20157",
                "link": "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_20157",
                "title": "SANDY Wildfire, Ventura, California",
                "latest": {
                    "date": "2026-05-18T13:21:00Z",
                    "latitude": 34.250088,
                    "longitude": -118.743684,
                    "magnitude": 1385,
                    "magnitude_unit": "acres"
                },
                "status": "open",
                "sources": [
                    {
                        "id": "IRWIN",
                        "url": "https://irwin.doi.gov/observer/incidents/a4eb258a-f5d1-46c3-9560-8fbc8042d9c3"
                    }
                ],
                "categories": [
                    "Wildfires"
                ],
                "closed_date": null,
                "data_points": 1,
                "distance_km": 74
            },
            {
                "id": "EONET_19355",
                "link": "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_19355",
                "title": "SPRINGS Wildfire, Riverside, California",
                "latest": {
                    "date": "2026-04-03T14:19:00Z",
                    "latitude": 33.891678,
                    "longitude": -117.078415,
                    "magnitude": 4176,
                    "magnitude_unit": "acres"
                },
                "status": "open",
                "sources": [
                    {
                        "id": "IRWIN",
                        "url": "https://irwin.doi.gov/observer/incidents/19b4b6f0-8552-4158-a7c5-6a251ea97ad9"
                    }
                ],
                "categories": [
                    "Wildfires"
                ],
                "closed_date": null,
                "data_points": 1,
                "distance_km": 86
         
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