Risk events in the world, August 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.
59668 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
59668 eventsSources: gdelt
59668 events· the world
Conflict
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2460
- Ukraine: 2029
- Nigeria: 1801
- Earthquake
- 187
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 8
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 49,642
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
59668 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Spokane, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Spokane · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Faisalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Muharraq, Bahrain
Severity 3 · Bahrain · Al Muharraq · 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 Portland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Portland · 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 Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Gelendzhik, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Gelendzhik · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uvira · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nikšić, Montenegro
Severity 3 · Montenegro · Nikšić · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 4 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Columbus, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
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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 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.