Metadata Identifier: gov.noaa.ngdc:Hazard_Images_Database

Aggregation Info | Bands | Citations | Constraints | Coverage Descriptions | Dimensions | Extents | Formats | Geographic Bounding Box
Georectified Information | Georeferenceable Information | Identifiers | Instruments | Mediums | OnlineResources | Operations
Platforms | Process Steps | Range Elements | Reference Systems | Responsible Parties | Series | Sources | Spatial Grids | Temporal Extents

MD_DataIdentification

Count Component Title Abstract
1 NCEI/WDS Natural Hazards Image Database Photographs and other visual media provide valuable pre- and post-event data for natural hazards. Research, mitigation, and forecasting rely on visual data for post-analysis, inundation mapping and historic records. Instrumental data only reveal a portion of the whole story; photographs explicitly illustrate the physical and societal impacts from an event. This resource provides high-resolution geologic and damage photographs from natural hazards events, including earthquakes, tsunamis, slides, volcanic eruptions and geologic movement (faults, creep, subsidence and flows). The earliest images date back to 1867. Each event also links to NCEI's Global Historical hazards databases, which provide details for these events.
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SV_Identification

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CI_Citation

Count Component Title Date Citation Identifier
1 Access Identifier
    1 Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NCEI/WDS Natural Hazards Image Database
      2022
    1 GCMD Data Center Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
      2025
    1 GCMD Location Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
      2025
    1 GCMD Project Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
      2025
    1 GCMD Science Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
      2025
    1 International DOI Foundation (IDF)
      1 NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database, 2100 BC to Present
        1974-01-01
      		doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7
      1 NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database, 2150 BC to Present
        1972-01-01
      		doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
      1 NCEI/WDS Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database, 4360 BC to Present
        2001-03-23
      		doi:10.7289/V5JW8BSH
      1 NCEI/WDS Natural Hazards Image Database
        2012-02-01
      		doi:10.7289/V5154F01
      NCEI Metadata ID: gov.noaa.ngdc:Hazard_Images_Database
      natural-hazards-image-database
      1 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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        CI_Series

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        CI_ResponsibleParty

        Count Component Individual Organization Position Email Role Linkage
        1 https://doi.org/10.25923/3h7r-b967
        4 GCMD Landing Page Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) custodian https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
        1 NOAA Institutional Repository publisher
        2 NCEI (pointOfContact) ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
        1 NCEI (publisher) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher
        1 hazards data manager NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Hazards Data Manager haz.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact
        1 NCEI (distributor) ncei.info@noaa.gov distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
        1 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) author
        1 Natural Hazards Data Manager DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce custodian
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        CI_OnlineResource

        Count Component Linkage Name Description Function
        1 https://doi.org/10.25923/3h7r-b967 DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. information
        4 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information
        3 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information
        1 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ngdc:Hazard_Images_Database/html Metadata Landing Page information
        1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/ Natural Hazards Website Data, products and services for natural hazards. information
        1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/ NCEI/WDS Natural Hazards Images Database Search and download images by event search
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        MD_Identifier or RS_Identifier

        Count Component Code
        1 NCEI Metadata ID: gov.noaa.ngdc:Hazard_Images_Database
        1 doi:10.7289/V5154F01
        1 doi:10.7289/V5JW8BSH
        1 doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7
        1 doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
        1 natural-hazards-image-database
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        EX_Extent

        Bounding Box Temporal Extent
        Count Component Description West East North South Start End
        1 -180 180 90 -90 1867
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        EX_GeographicBoundingBox

        Count Component West East North South
        1 -180 180 90 -90
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        EX_TemporalExtent

        Count Component Start End
        1 1867
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        MD_Format

        Count Component Name Version specification
        1 JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG).
        1 TIF Tagged Image File Format (TIFF).
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        MD_Medium

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        MD_Constraints

        Count Component Use Limitation
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        MD_ReferenceSystem

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        MD_GridSpatialRepresentation

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        MD_Georeferenceable or MI_Georeferenceable

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        MD_Georectified or MI_Georectified

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        MD_Dimension

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        MD_CoverageDescription or MI_CoverageDescription

        Count Component Attribute Description Content Type
        1 Image Metadata
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        MD_Band or MI_Band

        Count Component Identifier Descriptor
        1 Latitude Distance measured north or south from the equator. Distance north is positive, distance south is negative.
        1 Longitude Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian (which is the north/south line that runs through Greenwich, England), values measured east are positive and values measured west are negative.
        1 Region The global region in which the image was captured.
        1 Title The title of the image.
        1 Description A description of the image content.
        1 Credit To whom the image is attributed.
        1 Associated Hazard Name The name of the associated hazard event (earthquake, tsunami, and/or volcanic eruption).
        1 Associated Hazard Description A description of the associated hazard event.
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        MI_RangeElementDescription

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        MD_AggregateInformation

        Count Component Title Code Association Type Code
        1 Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NCEI/WDS Natural Hazards Image Database crossReference
        1 NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database, 2100 BC to Present crossReference
        1 NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database, 2150 BC to Present crossReference
        1 NCEI/WDS Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database, 4360 BC to Present crossReference
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        LE_Source or LI_Source

        Count Component Title Date Description
        1 Unknown The images originated from a variety of sources. Credit is recorded in the database.
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        LE_ProcessStep or LI_ProcessStep

        Count Component DateTime Description
        1 The first images were probably collected in the 1970s.
        1 2015-04-22T00:00:00 NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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        MI_Operation

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        MI_Platform

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        MI_Instrument

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