Risk events in South America, 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.

274 events were recorded: 274 conflict events.

274 eventsSources: ucdp

274 events· South America

Conflict

Events per country this monthfewermore

Earthquake: 0; 0 in the list
Disaster: 0; 0 in the list
Conflict: 274; 24 in the list
Unrest: 0; 0 in the list
Advisory: 0; 0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

274 events · newest first

Conflict
One-sided violence in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
3 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Santa Marta, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Santa Marta · Source: ucdp
3 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
3 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Cali, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Cali · Source: ucdp
3 Jan 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Brazil
1 fatality · Brazil · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Colombia
3 fatalities · Colombia · Source: ucdp
2 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Villavicencio, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Villavicencio · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Garzón, Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Garzón · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Bello, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Bello · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in El Carmen de Bolívar, Colombia
8 fatalities · Colombia · El Carmen de Bolívar · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Colombia
5 fatalities · Colombia · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Arauca, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Arauca · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Florencia, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Florencia · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Cali, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Cali · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Cali, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Cali · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Cali, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Cali · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in El Carmen de Bolívar, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · El Carmen de Bolívar · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Manaus, Brazil
1 fatality · Brazil · Manaus · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Manaus, Brazil
1 fatality · Brazil · Manaus · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Rosario, Argentina
1 fatality · Argentina · Rosario · Source: ucdp
1 Jan 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Rafaela, Argentina
2 fatalities · Argentina · Rafaela · 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.