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 Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · 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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Nuclear alert in Yevlax, Azerbaijan
Severity 4 · Azerbaijan · Yevlax · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Burlington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Burlington · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Hastings, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Hastings · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Ad Dammam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Severity 3 · Tanzania · Dar es Salaam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 4 · Sri Lanka · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 4 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Lubbock, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lubbock · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Portland · 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.