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em dat the international disaster database home about our staff stag meetings scientific committee news publications contact data doc monitoring hazards disasters worldwide since 1988 em dat contains data on the occurrence and impacts of over 27 000 mass disasters worldwide from 1900 to the present day the database is compiled from various sources including un agencies non governmental organizations reinsurance companies research institutes and press agencies the centre for research on the epidemiology of disasters cred distributes the data in open access for non commercial use support em dat protect disaster data ️ sign the open letter ️ donate access the data documentation the emergency events database em dat must be preserved as a global public good access years of life lost due to the 2015 gorkha earthquake in nepal tonnelier et al 2025 access disaster storylines and knowledge graphs from global news with large language models and retrieval augmented generation ronco et al 2025 access hieu truong received a robert austrian research award read more previous next latest news what s new check our latest news by clicking on the slides or explore our entire news or publication repository em dat overview more than 27 000 disaster records em dat defines disasters as situations or events which overwhelm local capacity necessitating a request for external assistance at the national or international level disasters are unforeseen and often sudden events that cause significant damage destruction and human suffering the main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels the initiative aims to rationalize decision making for disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction strategies as well as provide an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting inclusion criteria em dat focuses on major disasters em dat globally records at the country level human and economic losses for disasters with at least one of the following criteria 10 fatalities 100 affected people a declaration of state of emergency a call for international assistance disaster classification em dat adopts a hierarchical classification the database classifies disasters into two groups of hazards natural and technological the natural group is further classified up to four additional levels following the 2014 irdr peril classification and hazard glossary the technological group is less detailed and comprises three main types transport industrial and miscellaneous accidents em dat in numbers about 2 3 of disasters in em dat are related to natural hazards 790 drought 1 570 earthquake 600 extreme temperature 5 750 flood 790 landslide 4 580 storm 270 volcanic activity 450 wildfire we rely on em dat for planning and risk analysis crucial for our humanitarian operations danitza haughton iom panama for over 20 years em dat s data has been invaluable to the global disaster risk reduction community yuichi ono irides japan em dat s global disaster data is fundamental to our information management work at the ifrc hamish patten ifrc switzerland em dat is vital for managing disaster risks aiding in my research on socio economic impacts since 2007 without em dat my career would have been completely different ilan noy victoria university of wellington new zealand em dat is critical to climate change research offering unmatched data quality and fostering open science wim thiery vub belgium as a climate scientist em dat is essential for understanding the relationship between extreme weather events and impacts aglae jezequel lmd france em dat s comprehensive flood data is crucial for my research enabling detailed analyses and effective flood risk management strategies albert kettner colorado university usa em dat remains the leading and most credible source for disasters and loss data for africa which has informed policies at continental regional and national levels dewald van niekerk north west university south africa thanks to em dat we can transform past disaster data into actionable plans that save lives and strengthen resilience amod mani dixit national society for earthquake technology nepal about us behind em dat a long term expertise the emergency events database em dat was created in 1988 as a joint initiative between the centre for research on the epidemiology of disasters cred and the world health organization who the cred is now part of the institute of health and society attached to the university of louvain uclouvain for more than 25 years the em dat database and project have been primarily sponsored by the united states agency for international development usaid host institution em dat is maintained by the centre for research on the epidemiology of disasters cred part of the university of louvain uclouvain socials mail us to subscribe to our newsletter subscribe quick links data portal documentation cred website terms of use and privacy location contact centre for research on the epidemiology of disasters institute of health society irss université catholique de louvain clos chapelle aux champs bte b1 30 15 1200 brussels belgium contact cred be cred irss uclouvain 2025