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
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Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Renton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Jeonju, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Jeonju · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · 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 Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Centreville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Centreville · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 4 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pittsburgh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pittsburgh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Daly City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Daly City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Jose, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Jose · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Sharjah · 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.