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
- 10 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 40 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
Non-state conflict in Chad
3 fatalities · Chad · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence
1 fatality · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Kanchanaburi, Myanmar
1 fatality · Myanmar · Kanchanaburi · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Niger
10 fatalities · Niger · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
4 fatalities · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
8 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
8 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Somalia
7 fatalities · Somalia · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in South Africa
3 fatalities · South Africa · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
28 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
2 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dayr Az Zawr, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Dayr Az Zawr · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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- Earthquake
M5.3 — 60 km WNW of Pisco, Peru
M5.3 · Pisco · Source: usgs
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M7.1 — 55 km NNW of Kota Belud, Malaysia
M7.1 · Kota Kinabalu · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 95 km W of Pariaman, Indonesia
M5.0 · Padang · Source: usgs
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M5.1 — 84 km N of Namuac, Philippines
M5.1 · Source: usgs
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M5.4 — 183 km SW of Houma, Tonga
M5.4 · Source: usgs
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M5.3 — south of the Fiji Islands
M5.3 · Source: usgs
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M6.0 — south of the Fiji Islands
M6.0 · Source: usgs
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M5.8 — Kuril Islands
M5.8 · Source: usgs
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M5.0 — 32 km NE of Barranca, Peru
M5.0 · Peru · Source: usgs
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M5.1 — 60 km W of Luganville, Vanuatu
M5.1 · Source: usgs
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One-sided violence in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
4 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Koudougou · 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.