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: usgs · ucdp
1357 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- Colombia: 137
- Ukraine: 135
- Mexico: 120
- Nigeria: 111
- Pakistan: 72
- Earthquake
- 110
- 2 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 48 in the list
- Unrest
- 6
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
1357 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 57 km ESE of Mawlaik, Burma (Myanmar)
M5.2 · Myanmar · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Belize City, Belize
1 fatality · Belize · Belize City · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Valledupar, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Valledupar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
21 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kapurthala, India
1 fatality · India · Kapurthala · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kiryat Gat, Israel
1 fatality · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mali
25 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mozambique
6 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
38 fatalities · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Somalia
8 fatalities · Somalia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in South Africa
1 fatality · South Africa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in South Africa
2 fatalities · South Africa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
1 fatality · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
24 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
10 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kryvyi Rih · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kostyantynivka · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Oktyabr'skiy, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Oktyabr'skiy · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Valle de La Pascua, Venezuela
1 fatality · Venezuela · Valle de La Pascua · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 5 km S of Dinagat, Philippines
M5.0 · Surigao · Source: usgs
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.