Risk events in Russia, 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.
16 events were recorded: 6 earthquakes, 2 disaster alerts, and 8 conflict events.
16 eventsSources: usgs · ucdp · eonet
16 events· Russia
ConflictDisasterEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 6
- 6 in the list
- Disaster
- 2
- 2 in the list
- Conflict
- 8
- 8 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-05 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
16 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 82 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M4.6 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 261 km ESE of Batagay, Russia
M4.7 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Makhachkala, Russia
2 fatalities · Makhachkala · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sumy, Russia
2 fatalities · Sumy · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 147 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 175 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M4.7 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 188 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M5.1 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 168 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kislovodsk, Russia
1 fatality · Kislovodsk · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kursk, Russia
1 fatality · Kursk · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Novocherkassk, Russia
1 fatality · Novocherkassk · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Taganrog, Russia
1 fatality · Taganrog · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kursk, Russia
2 fatalities · Kursk · Source: ucdp
- Disaster
South Pen Rx Piles - East Prescribed Fire, Wasco, Oregon
EONET · Gresham · Source: eonet
- Disaster
Central Zone Programmatic Piles RX Prescribed Fire, Carbon, Wyoming
EONET · Source: eonet
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sumy, Russia
2 fatalities · Sumy · 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.