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
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 49 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 Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 195 km W of Riverton, New Zealand
M5.3 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Itacoatiara, Brazil
1 fatality · Brazil · Itacoatiara · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Santiago (Cali), Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Santiago (Cali) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Indonesia
1 fatality · Indonesia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Indonesia
1 fatality · Indonesia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Indonesia
1 fatality · Indonesia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin), Palestine
1 fatality · Palestine · Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Brownsville, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Brownsville · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nyaunglebin, Myanmar
1 fatality · Myanmar · Nyaunglebin · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Niger
8 fatalities · Niger · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Niger
3 fatalities · Niger · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in South Africa
1 fatality · South Africa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
9 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Lisichansk, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Lisichansk · Source: ucdp
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- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Kostyantynivka · 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.