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.
93266 events were recorded: 127 earthquakes, 1 disaster alert, 80128 conflict events, and 13009 unrest events.
93266 eventsSources: gdelt
93266 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
93266 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · 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 Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lansing, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lansing · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kingston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kingston · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Wau, South Sudan
Severity 3 · South Sudan · Wau · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Akron, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Akron · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al-Ubayyid, Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Al-Ubayyid · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · 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 Cleveland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cleveland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · 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 Gaithersburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Gaithersburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · 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 Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Aberdeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in West Allis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · West Allis · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 4 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · 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.