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: ucdp · gdelt · usgs
2415 events· the world
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Ukraine: 259
- United States: 251
- Lebanon: 199
- Mexico: 185
- Nigeria: 141
- Earthquake
- 136
- 3 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 2,209
- 45 in the list
- Unrest
- 69
- 2 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
2415 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Oktyabr'skiy, Russia
1 fatality · Russia · Oktyabr'skiy · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Algeria
Severity 3 · Algeria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Khiva, Turkmenistan
Severity 3 · Turkmenistan · Khiva · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Algeria
Severity 3 · Algeria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Sarpol-e Zahab (Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Sarpol), Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Sarpol-e Zahab (Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Sarpol) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 168 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M5.2 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 49 km SW of Banjar, Indonesia
M5.2 · Sukabumi · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 28 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan
M5.2 · Hua-lien · Source: usgs
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kabul, Afghanistan
4 fatalities · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bir el Ater, Algeria
10 fatalities · Algeria · Bir el Ater · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
2 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1 fatality · Dominican Republic · Santo Domingo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1 fatality · Dominican Republic · Santo Domingo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in La Libertad, Ecuador
6 fatalities · Ecuador · La Libertad · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Erbil (Irbil), Iraq
1 fatality · Iraq · Erbil (Irbil) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
5 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
2 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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.