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
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fort-de-france, Martinique
Severity 3 · Martinique · Fort-de-france · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Bakixanov (Bakikhanov), Azerbaijan
Severity 4 · Azerbaijan · Bakixanov (Bakikhanov) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Billings, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Billings · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Atlanta, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Atlanta, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mauritania
Severity 3 · Mauritania · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mansfield, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Mansfield · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Alpharetta, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Alpharetta · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Amarillo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Amarillo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Alpharetta, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Alpharetta · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nampa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Nampa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Midrand, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Midrand · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Roodepoort · 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.