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
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Martial law in Bayambang, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Bayambang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Novokuybyshevsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novokuybyshevsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cotabato City, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Cotabato City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Euskirchen, Belgium
Severity 3 · Belgium · Euskirchen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Tokorozawa, Japan
Severity 3 · Japan · Tokorozawa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Sfântu Gheorghe, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Sfântu Gheorghe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sacramento, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sacramento · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dallas, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Dallas · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Gelendzhik, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Gelendzhik · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lexington-Fayette · 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.