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: ucdp

217 events· Europe

Conflict

Events per country this monthfewermore

Earthquake: 11; 0 in the list
Disaster: 0; 0 in the list
Conflict: 206; 17 in the list
Unrest: 0; 0 in the list
Advisory: 0; 0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

217 events · newest first

Conflict
State-based conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Donetsk · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Belgorod, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Belgorod · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Sumy, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Sumy · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Kharkiv, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kharkiv · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Horlivka, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Horlivka · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kostyantynivka · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Horlivka, Ukraine
4 fatalities · Ukraine · Horlivka · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Kherson, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kherson · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Belgorod, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Belgorod · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Pokrovsk, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Pokrovsk · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
8002 fatalities · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Pokrovsk, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Pokrovsk · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
4909 fatalities · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026

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.