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 Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Exeter, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Exeter · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Amstelveen, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Amstelveen · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 4 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Severity 4 · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: gdelt
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Martial law in Sfântu Gheorghe, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Sfântu Gheorghe · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nigeria · Efon-Alaaye · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Mubarraz · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Fargo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fargo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · 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 Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Harrisonburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisonburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Harrisonburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisonburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Harrisonburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisonburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Plymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Plymouth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Clermont-Ferrand, France
Severity 3 · France · Clermont-Ferrand · 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.