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 Detroit, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Detroit · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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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 Gastonia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Gastonia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Oxford · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Union City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Union City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Muharraq, Bahrain
Severity 3 · Bahrain · Al Muharraq · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Reading, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Reading · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Severity 3 · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Green Bay, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Green Bay · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pearland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pearland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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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 Avondale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Avondale · 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.