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 Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Mass violence in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 4 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Canada
Severity 4 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala
Severity 3 · Guatemala · San Pedro Ayampuc · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Uruapan del Progreso, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Uruapan del Progreso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Madīnat an Naşr, Egypt
Severity 3 · Egypt · Madīnat an Naşr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Guadalajara, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Guadalajara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madison, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Madison · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Santa Rosa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Santa Rosa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wichita, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Wichita · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oklahoma City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oklahoma City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 4 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orlando, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orlando · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orlando, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orlando · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
- 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.