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
Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madīnat an Naşr, Egypt
Severity 3 · Egypt · Madīnat an Naşr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Batumi, Ajara, Georgia
Severity 3 · Georgia · Batumi, Ajara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Conakry, Sierra Leone
Severity 3 · Sierra Leone · Conakry · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bellingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bellingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Exeter, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Exeter · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malaysia · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
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Mass violence in Raleigh, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Raleigh · 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.