Risk events in the world, February 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.
1357 events were recorded: 110 earthquakes, 2 disaster alerts, 1239 conflict events, and 6 unrest events.
1357 eventsSources: ucdp
1357 events· the world
Conflict
- Colombia: 137
- Ukraine: 135
- Mexico: 120
- Nigeria: 111
- Pakistan: 72
- Earthquake
- 110
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 6
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-01 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-02 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-04 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-05 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-06 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-07 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-08 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-09 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-11 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-12 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-13 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-14 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-15 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-16 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-18 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-19 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-20 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-21 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-22 | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-23 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-24 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 37619 |
| 2026-02-25 | 6 | 0 | 130 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-26 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-27 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
1357 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bandar Abbas
24 fatalities · Bandar Abbas · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
1 fatality · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bandar Abbas
44 fatalities · Bandar Abbas · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kandahar, Afghanistan
3 fatalities · Afghanistan · Kandahar · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
2 fatalities · Afghanistan · Jalalabad · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Jessore, Bangladesh
1 fatality · Bangladesh · Jessore · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Burkina Faso
12 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Bandar Abbas, Iran
148 fatalities · Iran · Bandar Abbas · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Al-musayyib, Iraq
2 fatalities · Iraq · Al-musayyib · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kuwait City, Kuwait
1 fatality · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Ikeja
1 fatality · Ikeja · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
9 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kostyantynivka · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
1 fatality · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2 fatalities · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
1 fatality · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Gardez, Afghanistan
16 fatalities · Afghanistan · Gardez · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Khost, Afghanistan
4 fatalities · Afghanistan · Khost · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Khost, Afghanistan
19 fatalities · Afghanistan · Khost · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mardan, Afghanistan
4 fatalities · Afghanistan · Mardan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Shabqadar, Afghanistan
7 fatalities · Afghanistan · Shabqadar · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
4 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · 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.