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: ucdp
1587 events· the world
Conflict
- Colombia: 232
- Ukraine: 206
- Mexico: 185
- Nigeria: 159
- Palestine: 83
- Earthquake
- 58
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,528
- 37 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
1587 events · newest first
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State-based conflict in Central African Republic
24 fatalities · Central African Republic · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Villavicencio, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Villavicencio · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in El Carmen de Bolívar, Colombia
8 fatalities · Colombia · El Carmen de Bolívar · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Colombia
5 fatalities · Colombia · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in El Carmen de Bolívar, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · El Carmen de Bolívar · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
25 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
9 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Montego Bay, Jamaica
3 fatalities · Jamaica · Montego Bay · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ad-Damazin, Sudan
151 fatalities · Sudan · Ad-Damazin · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
67 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Batangas
14 fatalities · Batangas · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
4909 fatalities · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: ucdp
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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.