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
- 4 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 2,209
- 46 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
M6.3 — 71 km W of Vallenar, Chile
M6.3 · La Serena · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — southeast of Easter Island
M5.2 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — Kermadec Islands region
M5.2 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 15 km WNW of Niksar, Turkey
M5.3 · Turkey · Erbaa · Source: usgs
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Shabqadar, Afghanistan
2 fatalities · Afghanistan · Shabqadar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Guatemala City, Guatemala
1 fatality · Guatemala · Guatemala City · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Erbil (Irbil), Iraq
2 fatalities · Iraq · Erbil (Irbil) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
2 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
3 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
3 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
3 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
2 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Mali
8 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Chula Vista, Mexico
1 fatality · Mexico · Chula Vista · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nyaunglebin, Myanmar
1 fatality · Myanmar · Nyaunglebin · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
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- Conflict
- Conflict
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One-sided violence in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
1 fatality · Nigeria · Birnin Kebbi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Pakistan
2 fatalities · Pakistan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in South Africa
1 fatality · South Africa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
13 fatalities · Sudan · 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.