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 · usgs
1587 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- Colombia: 232
- Ukraine: 206
- Mexico: 185
- Nigeria: 159
- Palestine: 83
- Earthquake
- 58
- 9 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,528
- 41 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
1587 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
3 fatalities · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
4 fatalities · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
1 fatality · Bangladesh · Mymensingh · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Valledupar, Colombia
5 fatalities · Colombia · Valledupar · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ethiopia
4 fatalities · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ethiopia
3 fatalities · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Brazil
1 fatality · Brazil · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Brazil
1 fatality · Brazil · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Epe
4 fatalities · Epe · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Chula Vista, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Chula Vista · Source: ucdp
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- Earthquake
M5.1 — 24 km W of Bantogon, Philippines
M5.1 · General Santos · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 9 km WNW of Bantogon, Philippines
M5.0 · General Santos · Source: usgs
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M5.2 — 27 km W of Sangay, Philippines
M5.2 · General Santos · Source: usgs
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M5.1 — 32 km W of Bantogon, Philippines
M5.1 · General Santos · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 254 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M5.0 · Source: usgs
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M5.2 — 76 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan
M5.2 · Source: usgs
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M5.2 — South Sandwich Islands region
M5.2 · Source: usgs
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M5.7 — 4 km SW of Ponorogo, Indonesia
M5.7 · Indonesia · Madiun · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M5.0 · Source: usgs
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State-based conflict in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
17 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Bobo-Dioulasso · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Ouagadougou · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Koudougou · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · 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.