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 · gdelt · usgs
1357 events· the world
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- 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
- 39 in the list
- Unrest
- 6
- 5 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 South Africa
2 fatalities · South Africa · Source: ucdp
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Demonstration in Cheongju, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Cheongju · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
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Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M5.0 — Kermadec Islands region
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 205 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia
M5.5 · Indonesia · Source: usgs
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State-based conflict in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
10 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Goma · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
2 fatalities · Mexico · Coatzacoalcos · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Azcapotzalco, Mexico
2 fatalities · Mexico · Azcapotzalco · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Hermosillo, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Hermosillo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
5 fatalities · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Jableh (Jablah), Syria
6 fatalities · Syria · Jableh (Jablah) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kherson
1 fatality · Kherson · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kostyantynivka · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
4 fatalities · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 92 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska
M5.5 · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
M5.0 · Source: usgs
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M6.1 — 93 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.1 · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 50 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
M5.0 · 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.