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
- 22 in the list
- Unrest
- 11,516
- 28 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
84548 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
6 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uvira · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ad-Damazin, Sudan
94 fatalities · Sudan · Ad-Damazin · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Oktyabr'skiy, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Oktyabr'skiy · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Hāgere Hiywet, Ethiopia
2 fatalities · Ethiopia · Hāgere Hiywet · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Portoviejo, Ecuador
1 fatality · Ecuador · Portoviejo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Santa Marta, Colombia
2 fatalities · Colombia · Santa Marta · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bunia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bunia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
2 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
2 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tempe, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tempe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tempe, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tempe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Austin, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Austin · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Fangchenggang, China
Severity 3 · China · Fangchenggang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Rapids, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Rapids · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
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.