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 Sacramento, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sacramento · 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 Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rocky Mount, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Rocky Mount · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rocky Mount, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Rocky Mount · Source: gdelt
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Mass violence in Oak Park, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
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Mass violence in Orlando, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Orlando · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · 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 College Station, United States
Severity 3 · United States · College Station · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in The Woodlands, United States
Severity 3 · United States · The Woodlands · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Quebec City, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Quebec City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in North Port, United States
Severity 3 · United States · North Port · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kansas City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kansas City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pontiac, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pontiac · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lelystad, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Lelystad · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Amarillo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Amarillo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · 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.