Risk events in the world, May 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.
93266 events were recorded: 127 earthquakes, 1 disaster alert, 80128 conflict events, and 13009 unrest events.
93266 eventsSources: gdelt
93266 events· the world
Conflict
- United States: 28551
- India: 5431
- Iran: 3977
- Russia: 3365
- Ukraine: 3099
- Earthquake
- 127
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 80,128
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 13,009
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
93266 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Sharjah · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tulsa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tulsa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Clarksville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Clarksville · 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 Buea, Equatorial Guinea
Severity 3 · Equatorial Guinea · Buea · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Miami, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Miami · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Green Bay, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Green Bay · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oakland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oakland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Flint, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Flint · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mbombela, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Mbombela · 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 Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Aberdeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Windhoek West, Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · Windhoek West · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Brighton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Norwich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Norwich · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in West Palm Beach, United States
Severity 3 · United States · West Palm Beach · 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 Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
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.