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
Martial law in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Swindon, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Swindon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in League City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · League City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bandar Abbas, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Abbas · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Acuna, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Acuna · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Irvine, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Irvine · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · 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 Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Bern, Switzerland
Severity 4 · Switzerland · Bern · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dudley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Dudley · 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 Dudley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Dudley · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Puerto Penasco, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Puerto Penasco · 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 Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · 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.