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
- Conflict
Military force used in Alīpur Duār, India
Severity 3 · India · Alīpur Duār · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kingsport, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kingsport · 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 Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Warner Robins, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warner Robins · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Jackson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jackson · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Daugavpils, Latvia
Severity 3 · Latvia · Daugavpils · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Little Rock, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Little Rock · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Milwaukee, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Milwaukee · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Walnut Creek, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Walnut Creek · 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 Sana (Sanaa), Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Sana (Sanaa) · 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 Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · 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.