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
- 5 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 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 Niger
11 fatalities · Niger · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
4 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
1 fatality · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
1 fatality · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dayr Az Zawr, Syria
3 fatalities · Syria · Dayr Az Zawr · Source: ucdp
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- Earthquake
M5.1 — 128 km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal
M5.1 · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 32 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
M5.0 · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — Carlsberg Ridge
M5.0 · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
M5.0 · Source: usgs
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M5.3 — 194 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M5.3 · Source: usgs
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Non-state conflict in Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
3 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · 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 Mali
2 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Mali
2 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
4 fatalities · Mexico · Cuauhtémoc · 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.