Risk events in Europe, 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.
217 events were recorded: 11 earthquakes and 206 conflict events.
217 eventsSources: usgs · ucdp
217 events· Europe
ConflictEarthquake
- Ukraine: 206
- France: 10
- Iceland: 1
- Earthquake
- 11
- 11 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 206
- 39 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
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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 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-02 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-03 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-04 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-05 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-07 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-08 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-09 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-22 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-25 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-26 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
217 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 114 km S of Akureyri, Iceland
M5.3 · Iceland · Reykjavik · Source: usgs
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State-based conflict in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kostyantynivka · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
5 fatalities · Ukraine · Kryvyi Rih · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kryvyi Rih · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Lisichansk, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Lisichansk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
3 fatalities · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
5 fatalities · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
4 fatalities · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kostyantynivka · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
6 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine
3 fatalities · Ukraine · Sievierodonetsk · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M5.6 — 46 km SSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
M5.6 · France · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 59 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M5.1 · France · Source: usgs
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M5.5 — Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M5.5 · France · Source: usgs
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M5.2 — 65 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M5.2 · France · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.4 — 59 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M5.4 · France · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.8 — southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M5.8 · France · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M5.0 · France · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 135 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M5.1 · France · Source: usgs
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M5.0 — Volcano Islands, Japan region
M5.0 · France · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 247 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
M5.1 · France · Source: usgs
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · 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.