Risk events in Asia, January 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.
395 events were recorded: 4 earthquakes and 391 conflict events.
395 eventsSources: ucdp
395 events· Asia
Conflict
- Palestine: 83
- Pakistan: 68
- Syria: 52
- Myanmar: 46
- Yemen: 33
- Earthquake
- 4
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 391
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-02 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-03 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-04 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-05 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-07 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-08 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-09 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-24 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-25 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-26 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-29 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
395 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Pakistan
110 fatalities · Pakistan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Pakistan
7 fatalities · Pakistan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Yemen
1 fatality · Yemen · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Myanmar
1 fatality · Myanmar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Yemen
1 fatality · Yemen · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Comilla, Bangladesh
1 fatality · Bangladesh · Comilla · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Bulandshahr, India
1 fatality · India · Bulandshahr · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Myanmar
9 fatalities · Myanmar · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Yemen
2 fatalities · Yemen · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Taungdwingyi, Myanmar
1 fatality · Myanmar · Taungdwingyi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Makhachkala, Russia
2 fatalities · Russia · Makhachkala · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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Non-state conflict in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
1 fatality · Bangladesh · Mymensingh · 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.