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
- 3 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,239
- 47 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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State-based conflict in Dapaong, Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dapaong · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
14 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bukavu · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico
5 fatalities · Mexico · Oaxaca de Juarez · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mozambique
4 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mozambique
17 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Myanmar
7 fatalities · Myanmar · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Malanville, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Nigeria · Malanville · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Jableh (Jablah), Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Jableh (Jablah) · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ath Thawrah, Syria
5 fatalities · Syria · Ath Thawrah · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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M5.6 — Balleny Islands region
M5.6 · Source: usgs
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M5.9 — 102 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M5.9 · Source: usgs
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M5.7 — 17 km SSE of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M5.7 · Madang · Source: usgs
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State-based conflict in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
18 fatalities · Afghanistan · Jalalabad · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Belize City, Belize
2 fatalities · Belize · Belize City · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dédougou, Burkina Faso
3 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dédougou · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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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.