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 · usgs
1357 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- Colombia: 137
- Ukraine: 135
- Mexico: 120
- Nigeria: 111
- Pakistan: 72
- Earthquake
- 110
- 6 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 44 in the list
- Unrest
- 6
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
1357 events · newest first
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Non-state conflict in Benin City, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Nigeria · Benin City · Source: ucdp
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- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Sudan
2 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ad-Damazin, Ethiopia
2 fatalities · Ethiopia · Ad-Damazin · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ath Thawrah, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Ath Thawrah · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: ucdp
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- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sana (Sanaa), Yemen
2 fatalities · Yemen · Sana (Sanaa) · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 97 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan
M5.5 · Naha · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 159 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M5.0 · Source: usgs
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M5.4 — 157 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M5.4 · Source: usgs
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M5.1 — 275 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.1 · Source: usgs
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M6.2 — 32 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
M6.2 · Chile · Ovalle · Source: usgs
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M5.4 — 47 km NNW of Yigo Village, Guam
M5.4 · Source: usgs
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State-based conflict in Kandi, Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Kandi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Koudougou · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Burkina Faso
2 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
10 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Floridablanca, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Floridablanca · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Santiago (Cali), Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Santiago (Cali) · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
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- Conflict
One-sided violence in Dos Quebradas, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Dos Quebradas · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bunia · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Kiryat Ata (Qiryat Atta), Israel
1 fatality · Israel · Kiryat Ata (Qiryat Atta) · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
1 fatality · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Azcapotzalco, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Azcapotzalco · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Cuauhtémoc · 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.