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: gdelt · usgs
58080 events· the world
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2460
- Ukraine: 2029
- Nigeria: 1801
- Earthquake
- 187
- 6 in the list
- Disaster
- 8
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 49,642
- 26 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 18 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
58080 events · newest first
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sukhumi (Sokhumi), Georgia
Severity 3 · Georgia · Sukhumi (Sokhumi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Rio Cuarto (Río Cuarto), Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Rio Cuarto (Río Cuarto) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Mountain View, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Mountain View · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Amstelveen, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Amstelveen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Reading, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Reading · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 12 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines
M5.3 · Philippines · Jose Abad Santos · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — west of Macquarie Island
M5.1 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.6 — Kermadec Islands region
M5.6 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 19 km ENE of Lapuan, Philippines
M5.1 · Philippines · Don Marcelino · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 54 km NNW of Barishal, Pakistan
M5.1 · Pakistan · Hunza · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.5 — 48 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador
M5.5 · El Salvador · Intipuca · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Pawtucket, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pawtucket · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Puerto Cabello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Warner Robins, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warner Robins · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Temple, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Temple · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in New Bedford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · New Bedford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Dallas, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Dallas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lianyungang, China
Severity 3 · China · Lianyungang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Burnsville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Burnsville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Warner Robins, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warner Robins · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lowell, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lowell · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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.