Current global risks
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.
31 earthquakes, 7,252 unrest events, 8 travel advisory changes, and 0 conflict events are active.
7294 eventsSources: usgs · gdacs · U.S. Department of State · FCDO · gdelt
7294 events· the worldFire activity within the 30-day mean
UnrestEarthquake
- United States: 13803
- India: 3643
- Russia: 1971
- Ukraine: 1653
- United Kingdom: 1494
Totals, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 184
- 31 in the list
- Disaster
- 8
- 3 in the list
- Conflict
- 41,160
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 6,808
- 7,252 in the list
- Advisory
- 8
- 8 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 11 | 0 | 2688 | 519 | 0 | 90130 |
| 2026-08-06 | 3 | 0 | 2779 | 529 | 0 | 113414 |
| 2026-08-07 | 4 | 1 | 2685 | 468 | 0 | 70001 |
| 2026-08-08 | 5 | 1 | 1936 | 260 | 0 | 75690 |
| 2026-08-09 | 4 | 0 | 1733 | 304 | 0 | 67412 |
| 2026-08-10 | 5 | 0 | 2398 | 441 | 0 | 77791 |
| 2026-08-11 | 3 | 0 | 2838 | 490 | 0 | 64642 |
| 2026-08-12 | 5 | 1 | 3120 | 466 | 0 | 72153 |
| 2026-08-13 | 7 | 0 | 2977 | 453 | 0 | 67604 |
| 2026-08-14 | 14 | 0 | 2885 | 420 | 0 | 62667 |
| 2026-08-15 | 16 | 0 | 2059 | 285 | 0 | 63924 |
| 2026-08-16 | 8 | 1 | 2062 | 291 | 0 | 67134 |
| 2026-08-17 | 10 | 0 | 2838 | 419 | 2 | 91160 |
| 2026-08-18 | 4 | 1 | 2854 | 513 | 0 | 40967 |
| 2026-08-19 | 6 | 0 | 2688 | 476 | 0 | 102411 |
| 2026-08-20 | 14 | 0 | 2620 | 474 | 2 | 91127 |
| 2026-08-21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93856 |
| 2026-08-22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109113 |
| 2026-08-23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88506 |
| 2026-08-24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103786 |
| 2026-08-25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98724 |
| 2026-08-26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105873 |
| 2026-08-27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140803 |
| 2026-08-28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96804 |
| 2026-08-29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83339 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 103797 |
| 2026-09-01 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142593 |
| 2026-09-02 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110977 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1009 |
Events
What is happening now
7294 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M6.2 — South Sandwich Islands region
M6.2 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.4 — 82 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
M5.4 · Isangel · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.4 — 53 km W of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
M5.4 · Papua New Guinea · Bulolo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.9 — southern East Pacific Rise
M5.9 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 78 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
M5.2 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.6 — 71 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
M5.6 · Huixtla, Chiapas · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — South Sandwich Islands region
M5.2 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 70 km NNW of Arthurs Point, New Zealand
M5.2 · New Zealand · Glenorchy · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 66 km NNW of Arthurs Point, New Zealand
M5.3 · New Zealand · Glenorchy · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 91 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
M5.1 · Source: usgs
- Disaster
Orange flood alert in Nepal
Red alert · Source: gdacs
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State raised its advisory for Tajikistan
Level 1 → 2 · Tajikistan · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State lowered its advisory for Tajikistan
Level 2 → 1 · Tajikistan · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State raised its advisory for Sao Tome And Principe
Level 2 → 3 · Sao Tome And Principe · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State lowered its advisory for Bangladesh
Level 3 → 2 · Bangladesh · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Advisory
FCDO lowered its advisory for Bahrain
Level 3 → 1 · Bahrain · Source: FCDO
- Advisory
FCDO lowered its advisory for Kuwait
Level 3 → 1 · Kuwait · Source: FCDO
- Unrest
Demonstration in League City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · League City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanam, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Hanam · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oakland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oakland · Source: gdelt
- Disaster
Orange notification for tropical cyclone SAUDEL-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 13.05 million .
Orange alert · Source: gdacs
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State lowered its advisory for Sao Tome And Principe
Level 3 → 2 · Sao Tome And Principe · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State raised its advisory for Bangladesh
Level 2 → 3 · Bangladesh · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Disaster
Orange flood alert in China
Orange alert · Source: gdacs
Geography
Countries with the most events
48% of events
13% of events
7% of events
6% of events
5% of events
5% of events
5% of events
4% of events
4% of events
4% of events
By continent
- Europe6602
14% of events
- Africa4165
9% of events
- North America15649
34% of events
1% of events
- Asia17626
38% of events
- Oceania1420
3% of events
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.
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