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
- 3 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 47 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 Mozambique
2 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Nyaunglebin, Myanmar
3 fatalities · Myanmar · Nyaunglebin · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Somalia
1 fatality · Somalia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Sudan
18 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ath Thawrah, Syria
2 fatalities · Syria · Ath Thawrah · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Şanlıurfa (Sanliurfa, Urfa, Al-Ruha), Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Şanlıurfa (Sanliurfa, Urfa, Al-Ruha) · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in San Juan de Los Morros, Venezuela
5 fatalities · Venezuela · San Juan de Los Morros · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M5.7 — 5 km SSW of San Miguel Coatlán, Mexico
M5.7 · Mexico · Source: usgs
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M5.7 — 76 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile
M5.7 · Chile · Iquique · Source: usgs
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M5.5 — 45 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba
M5.5 · Santiago de Cuba · Source: usgs
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State-based conflict in Burkina Faso
10 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Dédougou, Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dédougou · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dos Quebradas, Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Dos Quebradas · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dos Quebradas, Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Dos Quebradas · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mali
4 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mozambique
3 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Nigeria · Efon-Alaaye · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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.