Risk events in the world, January 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
1587 events were recorded: 58 earthquakes, 1 disaster alert, and 1528 conflict events.
1587 eventsSources: usgs · ucdp
1587 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- Colombia: 232
- Ukraine: 206
- Mexico: 185
- Nigeria: 159
- Palestine: 83
- Earthquake
- 58
- 4 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,528
- 46 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-02 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-03 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-04 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-05 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-07 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-08 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-09 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-10 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-11 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-12 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-14 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-15 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-16 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-17 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-18 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-19 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-21 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-22 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-23 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-24 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-25 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-26 | 15 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-28 | 21 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-29 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-30 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
1587 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.8 — 99 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M5.8 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — Prince Edward Islands region
M5.2 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 114 km S of Akureyri, Iceland
M5.3 · Iceland · Reykjavik · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — South Sandwich Islands region
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Pakistan
110 fatalities · Pakistan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Pakistan
7 fatalities · Pakistan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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Non-state conflict in Central African Republic
1 fatality · Central African Republic · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Yemen
1 fatality · Yemen · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ethiopia
2 fatalities · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Libya
3 fatalities · Libya · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mali
35 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mozambique
14 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.