Risk events in the world, March 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.
2415 events were recorded: 136 earthquakes, 1 disaster alert, 2209 conflict events, and 69 unrest events.
2415 eventsSources: usgs · ucdp
2415 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- Ukraine: 259
- United States: 251
- Lebanon: 199
- Mexico: 185
- Nigeria: 141
- Earthquake
- 136
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 2,209
- 49 in the list
- Unrest
- 69
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
2415 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 60 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador
M5.3 · El Viejo · Source: usgs
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gardez, Afghanistan
2 fatalities · Afghanistan · Gardez · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Saidu Sharif, Afghanistan
1 fatality · Afghanistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Khost, Afghanistan
1 fatality · Afghanistan · Khost · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dapaong, Burkina Faso
12 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dapaong · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
2 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Mozambique
13 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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Non-state conflict in Epe
1 fatality · Epe · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Nigeria
8 fatalities · Nigeria · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
1 fatality · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Ath Thawrah, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Ath Thawrah · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Ath Thawrah, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Ath Thawrah · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Oktyabr'skiy, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Oktyabr'skiy · 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.