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: gdelt · usgs · ucdp
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
- 46 in the list
- Unrest
- 69
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
2415 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Hamhung, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Hamhung · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Unrest
Demonstration in Las Cruces, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Las Cruces · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M5.3 — south of the Kermadec Islands
M5.3 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 40 km ENE of Waingapu, Indonesia
M5.0 · Ende · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bangui, Central African Republic
1 fatality · Central African Republic · Bangui · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Valledupar, Colombia
3 fatalities · Colombia · Valledupar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bunia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Lodja, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Lodja · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Erbil (Irbil), Iraq
4 fatalities · Iraq · Erbil (Irbil) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Nigeria
2 fatalities · Nigeria · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Non-state conflict in South Africa
2 fatalities · South Africa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in South Sudan
13 fatalities · South Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Ad-Damazin, Sudan
3 fatalities · Sudan · Ad-Damazin · Source: ucdp
- 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.