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 · gdacs
1357 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- Colombia: 137
- Ukraine: 135
- Mexico: 120
- Nigeria: 111
- Pakistan: 72
- Earthquake
- 110
- 4 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 1 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 45 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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State-based conflict in Dogondoutchi, Niger
5 fatalities · Niger · Dogondoutchi · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
10 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 Chornomorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
4 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Yemen
5 fatalities · Yemen · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Yemen
1 fatality · Yemen · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 179 km SSW of Hengchun, Taiwan
M5.3 · Source: usgs
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M5.1 — 81 km NE of Shikotan, Russia
M5.1 · Source: usgs
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M5.1 — 82 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.1 · Papua New Guinea · Source: usgs
- Disaster
Drought is on going in Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, ,
Orange alert · Source: gdacs
- Earthquake
M5.6 — 250 km SE of Okhotsk, Russia
M5.6 · Source: usgs
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State-based conflict in Faīẕābād, Afghanistan
1 fatality · Afghanistan · Faīẕābād · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dédougou, Burkina Faso
2 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dédougou · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dos Quebradas, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Dos Quebradas · 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 Indonesia
2 fatalities · Indonesia · 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.