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.
58080 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58080 eventsSources: gdelt
58080 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
58080 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pittsburgh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pittsburgh · 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
Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Sharjah · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Worcester, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Worcester · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fort Worth, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fort Worth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Great Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Great Falls · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Greenland
Severity 3 · Greenland · 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 Athens, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Athens · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Great Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Great Falls · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Great Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Great Falls · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ogden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ogden · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baltimore, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baltimore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · 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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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.