Current risks in Costa Rica

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.

4 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.

4 eventsSources: gdelt

4 events· Costa RicaFire activity within the 30-day mean

Unrest

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 4 events plottedDemonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica · Costa Rica · 15 Aug 2026Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica · Costa Rica · 12 Aug 2026Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica · Costa Rica · 7 Aug 2026Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica · Costa Rica · 5 Aug 2026

Totals for Costa Rica, last 30 days

Earthquake
1
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
21
0 in the list
Unrest
4
4 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Signal

How the picture is developing in Costa Rica

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type in Costa Rica

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0.3
1
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 18
21
Unrest
90-day baseline: 3.7
4
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day in Costa Rica

Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-05001102
2026-08-06002000
2026-08-07000100
2026-08-08000000
2026-08-09003000
2026-08-10001002
2026-08-11002001
2026-08-12003100
2026-08-13000000
2026-08-14001001
2026-08-15000100
2026-08-16002000
2026-08-17001000
2026-08-18001000
2026-08-19003000
2026-08-20001000
2026-08-21000000
2026-08-22000002
2026-08-23000000
2026-08-24100005
2026-08-25000001
2026-08-26000000
2026-08-27000000
2026-08-28000000
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-30000001
2026-08-31000000
2026-09-01000000
2026-09-020000010
2026-09-03000000

Events

What is happening in Costa Rica

4 events · newest first

  1. Unrest

    Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica

    Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt

  2. Unrest

    Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica

    Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt

  3. Unrest

    Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica

    Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt

  4. Unrest

    Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica

    Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt

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.

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