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 Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in La Chorrera, Panama
Severity 3 · Panama · La Chorrera · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Abilene, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Abilene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Preston, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Preston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Davis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Davis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Rapids, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Rapids · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Port Saint Lucie, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Port Saint Lucie · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Spokane, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Spokane · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lelystad, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Lelystad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ad-Damazin, Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Ad-Damazin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Severity 3 · Tanzania · Dar es Salaam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maple Grove, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Maple Grove · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fort Worth, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fort Worth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in York, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · York · 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.