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.
93265 events were recorded: 127 earthquakes, 1 disaster alert, 80128 conflict events, and 13009 unrest events.
93265 eventsSources: gdelt
93265 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
93265 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Cuauhtémoc · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Berhampore, India
Severity 4 · India · Berhampore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 4 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sault Ste. Marie, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sault Ste. Marie · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Burton-on-Trent · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Bandar Abbas, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Abbas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Portland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Seattle, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Seattle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Madīnat an Naşr, Egypt
Severity 3 · Egypt · Madīnat an Naşr · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bandar Abbas, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Abbas · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Highland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Manchester · 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.