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
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Hamilton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hamilton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Faisalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Volgodonsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Volgodonsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bowling Green, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bowling Green · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Daly City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Daly City · Source: gdelt
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Martial law in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Grand Island, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Brazil
Severity 4 · Brazil · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kaesong, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Kaesong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sinuiju, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Sinuiju · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anderson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Anderson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Deltona, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Deltona · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · 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.