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.
58079 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58079 eventsSources: gdelt
58079 events· the world
Conflict
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2459
- 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
58079 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in La Mesa, United States
Severity 4 · United States · La Mesa · 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 Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Reston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Reston · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Athens, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Athens · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nepalgunj (Nepalganj), Nepal
Severity 3 · Nepal · Nepalgunj (Nepalganj) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · 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 Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Troy, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Troy · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · 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 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Severity 3 · Germany · Freiburg im Breisgau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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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 Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Croix (St. Croix)
Severity 3 · Saint Croix (St. Croix) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Honolulu
Severity 3 · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · 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.