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
Nuclear alert in East London, South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · East London · 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 Utrecht, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Utrecht · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Chichawatni, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Chichawatni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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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 Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Atlanta, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Guildford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Guildford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Severity 3 · China · Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malaysia · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
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Martial law in Swansea, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Swansea · 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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Martial law in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · 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 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Severity 3 · Bulgaria · Veliko Tarnovo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · 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.