Risk events in Costa Rica, May 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.
24 events were recorded: 3 earthquakes, 16 conflict events, and 5 unrest events.
24 eventsSources: gdelt · usgs
24 events· Costa Rica
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 3
- 3 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 16
- 16 in the list
- Unrest
- 5
- 5 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
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Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-05-22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Events
What is happening now
24 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · Puerto Limón · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · Puntarenas · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 13 km SE of Puerto Cortés, Costa Rica
M4.5 · Paso Canoas · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 2 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 24 km NNE of San Vito, Costa Rica
M4.5 · Volcán · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 2 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.9 — 15 km NE of Jacó, Costa Rica
M4.9 · San Pedro · Source: usgs
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · Puntarenas · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · Puerto Limón · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used 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.