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Accident · Explosion · updated 2 Nov 2026, 20:20 UTC

How many explosions in 2026?

As of 2 November 2026, Global Incident Tracker has recorded 11,902 news-sourced records of explosions in 2026 (records begin on 9 August 2026); the most were in Mexico (433). One incident can be reported more than once, so this is not a count of separate explosions.

No agency anywhere publishes a live feed of explosions, so every record here comes from news reports. Read the number as a floor, not a total.

Download CSV Live explosions tracker Most severe of 2026

2026Month by month

MonthRecordedSevere or extreme
January 20 0 before records began
February 16 0 before records began
March 24 0 before records began
April 10 0 before records began
May 62 0 before records began
June 49 0 before records began
July 49 0 before records began
August 360 0
September 4,882 0
October 6,131 0
November 299 so far 0
December ——
Total11,9020

Severity, then number of reportsThe 10 most severe explosions of 2026

Explosion 30 Oct 2026 · 29 reports · News report Una explosión en la fábrica de municiones en Granada provoca una intensa columna de humo Moderate Explosion in Tanzania 18 Oct 2026 · 27 reports · News report Mysterious boom rattles West Hills; 911 says no explosion or gunfire, incident cleared Moderate Explosion in New Zealand 18 Oct 2026 · 27 reports · News report EMA director: 'There absolutely was an explosion' behind West Hills boom; cause unknown Moderate Explosion 28 Sep 2026 · 27 reports · News report ‘Undetermined’: Cause of deadly Rainbow Terrace explosion remains a mystery, report reveals post-blast failures Moderate Explosion in Turkey 23 Oct 2026 · 24 reports · News report Zonguldak'ta maden ocağında patlama! Ölü ve yaralılar var Moderate Explosion in Nepal 29 Oct 2026 · 23 reports · News report Explosion inside Van Nuys apartment hurts two workers Moderate Explosion in Uganda 25 Oct 2026 · 23 reports · News report DeKalb County neighbors hear explosion before fatal house fire Moderate Explosion in Mexico 30 Oct 2026 · 22 reports · News report Una gran explosión en la Fábrica de Municiones de El Fargue alerta a toda Granada y su Área Metropolitana Moderate Explosion 9 Sep 2026 · 22 reports · News report 4 displaced after Pleasantville, New Jersey house fire; neighbors report explosion Moderate Explosion in Mexico 30 Oct 2026 · 19 reports · News report Al menos tres trabajadores heridos leves en una fuerte explosión de la Fábrica de Municiones de Granada Moderate

Ranked by this site's severity signal, then by how many separate reports reached us. Neither is a death toll.

2026Countries with the most explosions

#CountryRecordedSevere or extreme
1 Mexico 4330
2 United States 4070
3 India 2870
4 Indonesia 2850
5 Turkey 1970
6 Brazil 1820
7 Greece 1750
8 Germany 1710
9 Bolivia 1500
10 Syria 1260
11 Israel 1210
12 France 1180
13 Ukraine 840
14 Colombia 790
15 Iraq 750

Recorded in 105 countries. Events at sea or without a location are not in this table.

QuestionsAbout this count

How many explosions have there been in 2026?
As of 2 November 2026, Global Incident Tracker has recorded 11,902 news-sourced records of explosions in 2026 (records begin on 9 August 2026); the most were in Mexico (433). One incident can be reported more than once, so this is not a count of separate explosions. No agency anywhere publishes a live feed of explosions, so every record here comes from news reports. Read the number as a floor, not a total.
Which country has had the most explosions in 2026?
Mexico, with 433 explosions recorded by Global Incident Tracker in 2026. In all, 11,902 explosions were recorded across 105 countries. Countries with more reporting or denser monitoring show more records.
Which month of 2026 had the most explosions?
October, with 6,131 explosions recorded. The table on this page gives every month; months before 9 August 2026 hold only a few back-dated records.
Is this the official number of explosions?
No. It is the number recorded by Global Incident Tracker from news reports, after merging duplicate reports and leaving out warnings. For an official count, compare with US Chemical Safety Board investigations.

How to cite this

Suggested citation:

Global Incident Tracker (2026). Explosions recorded in 2026. Data as of 2 November 2026. https://globalincidenttracker.com/2026/explosions (CC BY 4.0)

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Data & methodology

  • Licence: CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse, including commercially, with credit and a link. Upstream sources keep their own terms (listed here).
  • What is counted: records of events by the date they happened (UTC), after duplicate reports were merged. Official warnings are counted separately, never as events. How records are sourced and checked.
  • What is missing: types with no official feed exist here only because news reported them, so their counts are a floor, not a total. Coverage by type.
  • Not a death toll: severity is this site’s monitoring signal, not an official damage or casualty assessment.
  • Download: this page as CSV · every record as CSV or JSON.

Counts compiled by Global Incident Tracker and published under CC BY 4.0. Upstream records keep their own terms: USGS, NOAA and NASA data are US public domain; GDACS is free to reuse with attribution; headlines belong to their publishers. Every record of this type, warnings included: full CSV.