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
Events
What is happening now
1357 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ethiopia
5 fatalities · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ethiopia
3 fatalities · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ethiopia
5 fatalities · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dogondoutchi, Niger
1 fatality · Niger · Dogondoutchi · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
9 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
8 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Ath Thawrah, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Ath Thawrah · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Gardez, Afghanistan
3 fatalities · Afghanistan · Gardez · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kandahar, Afghanistan
15 fatalities · Afghanistan · Kandahar · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Qandahar, Afghanistan
30 fatalities · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dos Quebradas, Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Dos Quebradas · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Goma · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bandundu Province · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Goma · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
3 fatalities · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · 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.