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
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Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in East Orange, United States
Severity 3 · United States · East Orange · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tampa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tampa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Highland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madison, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Madison · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Beaverton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Beaverton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin), Palestine
Severity 3 · Palestine · Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin), Palestine
Severity 3 · Palestine · Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Davis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Davis · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Hamhung, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Hamhung · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Warren, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warren · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Abbottabad, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Abbottabad · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mali
Severity 3 · Mali · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · 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 Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · 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.