Risk events in South America, February 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.

163 events were recorded: 6 earthquakes and 157 conflict events.

163 eventsSources: ucdp

163 events· South America

Conflict

Events per country this monthfewermore

Earthquake: 6; 0 in the list
Disaster: 0; 0 in the list
Conflict: 157; 13 in the list
Unrest: 0; 0 in the list
Advisory: 0; 0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

163 events · newest first

Conflict
Non-state conflict in Maicao, Colombia
3 fatalities · Colombia · Maicao · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Soacha, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Soacha · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
State-based conflict in Cucuta, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Cucuta · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Duitama, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Duitama · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Ocaña, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Ocaña · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Ocaña, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Ocaña · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Cucuta, Colombia
5 fatalities · Colombia · Cucuta · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Tulcán, Colombia
3 fatalities · Colombia · Tulcán · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Soledad, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Soledad · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
One-sided violence in Villavicencio, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Villavicencio · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 2026
Conflict
Non-state conflict in Medellin, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Medellin · Source: ucdp
1 Feb 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.