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 Geneva, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Geneva · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
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Mass violence in Tetovo
Severity 4 · Tetovo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Modesto, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Modesto · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Vancouver, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Vancouver · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Spokane, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Spokane · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Lucerne · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baytown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baytown · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Southaven, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Southaven · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Blackpool
Severity 3 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · 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 Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Hod Hasharon, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Hod Hasharon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Havana, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Havana · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Wilmington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Wilmington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Blackpool
Severity 3 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · 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.