Country risk monitor
Mauritania: live earthquakes, disasters and events
Updated · Data from USGS, NASA EONET and GDACS
GlobalRisk has not recorded any earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or above, active natural events or Orange/Red disaster alerts located in Mauritania in the last 30 days. A quiet feed is not a guarantee of safety: coverage depends on what our sources report, and events outside the thresholds we track are not shown.
Recent events in Mauritania
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Frequently asked questions
Has there been an earthquake in Mauritania today?
GlobalRisk has not recorded any earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or above in or near Mauritania in the past 24 hours. Smaller quakes are not tracked, and reports can lag by several minutes.
What is the strongest recent earthquake in Mauritania?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or above have been recorded in or near Mauritania in the last 30 days.
Are there active disaster alerts for Mauritania?
GlobalRisk has no Orange or Red GDACS alerts for Mauritania in the last 30 days. Check local authorities for official warnings.
Where does this information come from?
Earthquakes come from the USGS, natural events from NASA EONET and disaster alerts from GDACS. GlobalRisk normalizes them, assigns each event to a country using its coordinates, and links to the original report. See the methodology page for details.
Safety and background
These guides explain how the hazards in this region are measured and what to do when they occur:
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Latest headlines
Headlines are linked from their original publishers via Google News. GlobalRisk does not host or edit this content.
- GIEWS Country Brief: The Islamic Republic of Mauritania 28-October-2026 — ReliefWeb
- Mali drone strike kills 13 civilians, activists say; army says it targeted militants — ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- UN warns of security risks in Western Sahara as peacekeeping mission ends — Al Jazeera
- Western Sahara: The Standoff Between Washington and Moscow Places Mauritania in a Delicate Regional Balance — Atalayar
- EU allocates €20m to Mauritania's military for land surveillance assets — The Brussels Times
- No new mandate for MINURSO as resolutions on Western Sahara defeated at UN — The Arab Weekly
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