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 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seattle, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Seattle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Hod Hasharon, Israel
Severity 4 · Israel · Hod Hasharon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Ellicott City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ellicott City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin), Palestine
Severity 3 · Palestine · Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Charleston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Charleston · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Tunbridge Wells · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Satkhira, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Satkhira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Severity 3 · Jamaica · Montego Bay · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · 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 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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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 Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bridgeport, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bridgeport · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Hudaydah, Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Al Hudaydah · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 4 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · 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.