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 Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Simões Filho, Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Simões Filho · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Omaha, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Omaha · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · 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 Pittsburgh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pittsburgh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Severodvinsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Severodvinsk · 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 Logan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Logan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Lawn, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Lawn · 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 Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sherbrooke, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Sherbrooke · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq
Severity 4 · Iraq · Tuz Khurmatu · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sfântu Gheorghe, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Sfântu Gheorghe · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in New Haven, United States
Severity 3 · United States · New Haven · 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 Centreville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Centreville · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
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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.