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
Military force used in Stockport, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Stockport · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Tyre (Sour) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Ongata Rongai, Kenya
Severity 3 · Kenya · Ongata Rongai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Spokane, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Spokane · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Joliet, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Joliet · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Joliet, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Joliet · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · 's-Hertogenbosch · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gelendzhik, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Gelendzhik · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bandar Abbas, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Abbas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bridgeport, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bridgeport · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Gelendzhik, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Gelendzhik · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yoshkar-Ola · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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.