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
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Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Severity 3 · Jamaica · Montego Bay · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Thessaloniki, Greece
Severity 3 · Greece · Thessaloniki · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pittsburgh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pittsburgh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Copenhagen, Denmark
Severity 3 · Denmark · Copenhagen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Weston-super-Mare · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Tyre (Sour) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Ghazni · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Neftekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Neftekamsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · 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.