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.
58080 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58080 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
58080 events· the world
ConflictEarthquake
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2460
- Ukraine: 2029
- Nigeria: 1801
- Earthquake
- 187
- 12 in the list
- Disaster
- 8
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 49,642
- 38 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
58080 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 2 km W of Las Gabias, Spain
M5.2 · Spain · Armilla · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 61 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
M5.3 · Indonesia · Labuan Bajo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 28 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
M5.5 · Indonesia · Labuan Bajo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M6.1 — 62 km N of Ende, Indonesia
M6.1 · Indonesia · Ende · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 54 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.0 · Indonesia · Ruteng · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.1 · Indonesia · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.6 — 49 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.6 · Indonesia · Ende · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.4 — 75 km NW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.4 · Indonesia · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 62 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia
M5.5 · Indonesia · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.9 — 40 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
M5.9 · Indonesia · Labuan Bajo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.8 — 78 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M5.8 · Indonesia · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M7.8 — 64 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
M7.8 · Indonesia · Bajawa, Nusa Tenggara Timur · Source: usgs
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Charleston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Charleston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madīnat an Naşr, Egypt
Severity 3 · Egypt · Madīnat an Naşr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 4 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ad-Damazin, Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Ad-Damazin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Sri Lanka · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Downey, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Downey · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- 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 Carson City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Carson City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dayton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Dayton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Syracuse, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Syracuse · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maple Grove, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Maple Grove · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Centreville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Centreville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tampa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tampa · 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.