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 Oakland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oakland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fort Smith, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fort Smith · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sioux Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sioux Falls · 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
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 4 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 4 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint-Gilles, Belgium
Severity 3 · Belgium · Saint-Gilles · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Vicente, Costa Rica
Severity 3 · Costa Rica · San Vicente · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pasadena, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pasadena · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Salford · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · 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.