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 · usgs
395 events· Asia
ConflictEarthquake
- Palestine: 83
- Pakistan: 68
- Syria: 52
- Myanmar: 46
- Yemen: 33
- Earthquake
- 4
- 4 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 391
- 46 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
395 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in General Santos, Philippines
1 fatality · Philippines · General Santos · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ath Thawrah, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Ath Thawrah · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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- Earthquake
M5.0 — 147 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M5.0 · Russia · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 188 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M5.1 · Russia · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 8 km SE of Dianga, China
M5.5 · China · Linxia Chengguanzhen · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 168 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M5.0 · Russia · Source: usgs
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- Conflict
State-based conflict in Myanmar
3 fatalities · Myanmar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Tall ‘Afar, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Tall ‘Afar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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One-sided violence in Taungdwingyi, Myanmar
2 fatalities · Myanmar · Taungdwingyi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
1 fatality · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Yemen
1 fatality · Yemen · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Myanmar
1 fatality · Myanmar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Myanmar
1 fatality · Myanmar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Myanmar
3 fatalities · Myanmar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- 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.