Country risk monitor
Western Sahara: 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 Western Sahara 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 Western Sahara
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Frequently asked questions
Has there been an earthquake in Western Sahara today?
GlobalRisk has not recorded any earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or above in or near Western Sahara in the past 24 hours. Smaller quakes are not tracked, and reports can lag by several minutes.
What is the strongest recent earthquake in Western Sahara?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or above have been recorded in or near Western Sahara in the last 30 days.
Are there active disaster alerts for Western Sahara?
GlobalRisk has no Orange or Red GDACS alerts for Western Sahara 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.
- Statement on a U.S.-Drafted UN Security Council Resolution on the Western Sahara Vetoed by the Russian Federation — United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)
- As peacekeepers leave Western Sahara, refugees yearn to end a half-century wait — Reuters
- What’s the future of the Western Sahara conflict? — Al Jazeera
- Rival US and Russia resolutions on disputed Western Sahara are defeated in UN Security Council — The Washington Post
- ‘We want stability’: Western Sahara refugees yearn for end to long conflict — South China Morning Post
- UN Western Sahara peacekeeping mission left in limbo after US-Russia veto standoff — Middle East Eye
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