Risk events in the world, April 2026
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.
84548 events were recorded: 169 earthquakes, 3 disaster alerts, 72860 conflict events, and 11516 unrest events.
84548 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
84548 events· the world
ConflictUnrest
- United States: 25598
- Iran: 5078
- India: 4160
- Israel: 3353
- Nigeria: 2942
- Earthquake
- 169
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 3
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 72,860
- 41 in the list
- Unrest
- 11,516
- 9 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
84548 events · newest first
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Simões Filho, Brazil
1 fatality · Brazil · Simões Filho · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
12 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Koudougou · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso
7 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Fada N'gourma · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Malanville, Niger
6 fatalities · Niger · Malanville · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Nyaunglebin, Myanmar
2 fatalities · Myanmar · Nyaunglebin · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mozambique
4 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
2 fatalities · Venezuela · Puerto Cabello · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ad-Damazin, Ethiopia
10 fatalities · Ethiopia · Ad-Damazin · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Chad
1 fatality · Chad · Source: ucdp
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kenner, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kenner · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
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Demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
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Demonstration in Bakixanov (Bakikhanov), Azerbaijan
Severity 3 · Azerbaijan · Bakixanov (Bakikhanov) · Source: gdelt
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Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
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Strike in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
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Demonstration in Erbil (Irbil), Iraq
Severity 3 · Iraq · Erbil (Irbil) · Source: gdelt
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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.