Risk events in Ecuador, April 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.
56 events were recorded: 3 earthquakes, 50 conflict events, and 3 unrest events.
56 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp · usgs
56 events· Ecuador
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 3
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 50
- 4 in the list
- Unrest
- 3
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
56 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Riobamba, Ecuador
Severity 3 · Riobamba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Guayaquil, Ecuador
5 fatalities · Guayaquil · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Quito, Ecuador
Severity 3 · Quito · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Riobamba, Ecuador
Severity 2 · Riobamba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riobamba, Ecuador
Severity 3 · Riobamba · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.9 — 38 km W of Santa Lucía, Ecuador
M4.9 · Daule · Source: usgs
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.