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 · usgs · U.S. Department of State
58080 events· the world
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2460
- Ukraine: 2029
- Nigeria: 1801
- Earthquake
- 187
- 11 in the list
- Disaster
- 8
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 49,642
- 31 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 6 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 2 in the list
Events
What is happening now
58080 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Arden-Arcade, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Arden-Arcade · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Detroit, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Detroit · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Port Arthur, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Port Arthur · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 23 km ENE of Colonia, Micronesia
M5.3 · Micronesia · Yap · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — Kuril Islands
M5.1 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 45 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.0 · Indonesia · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.8 — 72 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M5.8 · Russia · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 28 km SW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M5.1 · Papua New Guinea · Kimbe · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.4 — 75 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.4 · Indonesia · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 81 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.2 · Indonesia · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State lowered its advisory for Sao Tome And Principe
Level 3 → 2 · Sao Tome And Principe · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State raised its advisory for Bangladesh
Level 2 → 3 · Bangladesh · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 70 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.2 · Indonesia · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.3 · Indonesia · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 64 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.5 · Indonesia · Ende · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 221 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 4 · Australia · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Severity 3 · Bolivia · Cochabamba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Tempe, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tempe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bloomington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bloomington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Highland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bonita Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bonita Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
Severity 3 · Bulgaria · Asenovgrad · 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.