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 Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
Severity 3 · Italy · Sesto San Giovanni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bago, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Bago · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Paul, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Paul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Middletown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Middletown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Reston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kennewick, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kennewick · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu
Severity 3 · Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Honolulu
Severity 3 · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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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.