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
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Military force used in Saint Paul, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Paul · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Fayetteville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fayetteville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cacoal, Rondônia, Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Cacoal, Rondônia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Carson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Carson · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Ponta Grossa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al-Ubayyid, Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Al-Ubayyid · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Highland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Highland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Charleston
Severity 3 · Charleston · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in McKinney, United States
Severity 3 · United States · McKinney · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Burlington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Burlington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Burlington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Burlington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kansas City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kansas City · 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 Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Jackson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jackson · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Chattanooga, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Chattanooga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rio de Mouro, Portugal
Severity 3 · Portugal · Rio de Mouro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rotorua, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Rotorua · 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 Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · Source: gdelt
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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.