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 · gdelt
1357 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- Colombia: 137
- Ukraine: 135
- Mexico: 120
- Nigeria: 111
- Pakistan: 72
- Earthquake
- 110
- 6 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 44 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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Non-state conflict in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Cuauhtémoc · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
1 fatality · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Oktyabr'skiy, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Oktyabr'skiy · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
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- Conflict
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 109 km WNW of Pariaman, Indonesia
M5.0 · Bukittinggi · Source: usgs
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M5.1 — 83 km SSE of Mawlaik, Burma (Myanmar)
M5.1 · Myanmar · Source: usgs
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M5.5 — 13 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M5.5 · Madang · Source: usgs
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M5.4 — 28 km NNW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan
M5.4 · Tajikistan · Faīẕābād · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 22 km NNE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M5.0 · Source: usgs
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M5.2 — 95 km S of Sukumo, Japan
M5.2 · Miyazaki · Source: usgs
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Military force used in Sioux Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sioux Falls · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Newport News, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Newport News · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Medicine Hat, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Medicine Hat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Aguascalientes, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Aguascalientes · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cleveland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cleveland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Thunder Bay, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Thunder Bay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pawtucket, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pawtucket · Source: gdelt
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.