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.
58079 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58079 eventsSources: gdelt
58079 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
58079 events · newest first
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Military force used in Berhampore, India
Severity 3 · India · Berhampore · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Wollongong, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Wollongong · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Felgueiras, Portugal
Severity 3 · Portugal · Felgueiras · 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 Toledo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Toledo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Toledo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Toledo · Source: gdelt
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Martial law in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · 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 Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 3 · Colombia · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Toledo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Toledo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fairfield, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fairfield · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Toledo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Toledo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in George Town, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malaysia · George Town · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Fallujah, Iraq
Severity 3 · Iraq · Al Fallujah · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Suffolk, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Suffolk · 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 Gonaives (Gonaïves), Haiti
Severity 3 · Haiti · Gonaives (Gonaïves) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Utica, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Utica · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · 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.