Risk events in South America, March 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.
101 events were recorded: 3 earthquakes and 98 conflict events.
101 eventsSources: ucdp
101 events· South America
Conflict
- Colombia: 45
- Brazil: 24
- Ecuador: 22
- Venezuela: 7
- Argentina: 3
- Earthquake
- 3
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 98
- 1 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
101 events · newest first
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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.