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.
58078 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58078 eventsSources: usgs · FCDO · gdelt
58078 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2459
- Ukraine: 2029
- Nigeria: 1801
- Earthquake
- 187
- 18 in the list
- Disaster
- 8
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 49,642
- 30 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 2 in the list
Events
What is happening now
58078 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.4 — 148 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
M5.4 · Ito · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 1 km N of Alegria, Philippines
M5.1 · Philippines · Claver, Surigao del Norte · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 19 km W of Jabonga, Philippines
M5.2 · Cabadbaran · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — south of Tonga
M5.1 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 81 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.0 · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 69 km NW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.0 · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 41 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
M5.0 · Indonesia · Labuan Bajo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 180 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M5.1 · Buka · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.6 — 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.6 · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M6.7 — 37 km NE of Tambo, Peru
M6.7 · Peru · Coracora · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 172 km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M5.0 · Lorengau · Source: usgs
- Advisory
FCDO lowered its advisory for Bahrain
Level 3 → 1 · Bahrain · Source: FCDO
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 270 km SSE of Dunhuang, China
M5.2 · China · Golmud · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 48 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.3 · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 44 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.0 · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Advisory
FCDO lowered its advisory for Kuwait
Level 3 → 1 · Kuwait · Source: FCDO
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 40 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.0 · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.7 — 32 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.7 · Indonesia · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 87 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
M5.0 · Isangel · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Rio de Mouro, Portugal
Severity 3 · Portugal · Rio de Mouro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jersey City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jersey City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint John, New Brunswick
Severity 3 · Saint John, New Brunswick · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Apopa, El Salvador
Severity 3 · El Salvador · Apopa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Quebec City, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Quebec City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hamilton, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Hamilton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Melbourne
Severity 3 · Melbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Burlington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Burlington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · 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.