Between 7 September – 14 September 2026, Global Incident Tracker recorded 27,008 incidents worldwide across 149 countries. Of these, 1,297 were rated severe or extreme. Overall volume was up 258% on the previous week.
Every figure below is generated directly from our live database and links to the individual incident records. Counts reflect detected events, not casualties or damage.
What happened most
- Fire — 4,839 recorded
- Wildfire — 4,334 recorded
- Earthquake — 3,337 recorded
- Storm — 2,828 recorded
- Epidemic — 2,686 recorded
- Flood — 2,396 recorded
- Explosion — 1,485 recorded
- Road Accident — 1,152 recorded
Fires led the week with 4,839 records. Most fire deaths are caused by smoke inhalation rather than flames, and a room can reach untenable conditions within a few minutes of ignition. Working smoke alarms and clear, unlocked exits remain the two measures that save the most lives.
Most affected countries
- United States — 1,928 incidents
- Indonesia — 1,576 incidents
- Brazil — 1,075 incidents
- India — 759 incidents
- Turkey — 661 incidents
- Angola — 594 incidents
- Zambia — 568 incidents
- Mozambique — 540 incidents
High counts often reflect a combination of genuine hazard exposure, population density and strong local media coverage — countries with active reporting surface more small incidents than countries where local news is sparse.
Notable incidents this week
M5.9 Earthquake — 6 km Tenggara KEPSERIBU-DKI
Extreme · Earthquake · Indonesia · Fri 11 Sep 2026 21:23 UTC. Read the full record →
M6.1 Earthquake — KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
Extreme · Earthquake · Indonesia · Fri 11 Sep 2026 11:56 UTC. Read the full record →
Tornado Warning — Stevens, MN
Extreme · Tornado · United States · Sat 12 Sep 2026 00:46 UTC. Read the full record →
Tornado Warning — Wadena, MN
Extreme · Tornado · United States · Sat 12 Sep 2026 00:21 UTC. Read the full record →
Tornado Warning — Charles City, VA; Prince George, VA; Surry, VA
Extreme · Tornado · United States · Sat 12 Sep 2026 20:43 UTC. Read the full record →
Tornado Warning — Otter Tail, MN; Wadena, MN
Extreme · Tornado · United States · Sat 12 Sep 2026 00:12 UTC. Read the full record →
Fire Warning — WY Albany County
Extreme · Wildfire · United States · Fri 11 Sep 2026 18:51 UTC. Read the full record →
Tornado Warning — Belmont, OH; Guernsey, OH; Monroe, OH; Noble, OH
Extreme · Tornado · United States · Thu 10 Sep 2026 01:47 UTC. Read the full record →
How this report is produced
This recap is generated automatically each week from the incidents recorded by our monitoring — twenty-four data streams including the USGS and EMSC seismic networks, GDACS (UN), NASA EONET and FIRMS satellite observations, WHO outbreak bulletins, the US National Weather Service, the Smithsonian volcano programme, NOAA tsunami messages, GDELT news monitoring, and our own rotating per-country sweep of local-language media. Duplicate reports of the same event from different sources are merged into a single record.
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