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: gdelt
84548 events· the world
Conflict
- 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
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 11,516
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
84548 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Sri Lanka · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Lucerne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Tirupur (Tiruppur), India
Severity 3 · India · Tirupur (Tiruppur) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Topeka, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Topeka · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mountain View, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mountain View · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Muzaffargarh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Komsomol'sk-na-Amure, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Komsomol'sk-na-Amure · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Spokane, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Spokane · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Jaboatão dos Guararapes · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Utica, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Utica · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Reston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Reston · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Manchester · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Doha, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Doha · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Khmelnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Novokuybyshevsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novokuybyshevsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · 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.