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
58080 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
58080 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Tempe, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tempe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Worcester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Worcester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
Severity 3 · Bulgaria · Asenovgrad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Tyre (Sour) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bridgetown, Barbados
Severity 3 · Barbados · Bridgetown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Wonsan, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Wonsan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Muncie, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Muncie · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Sievierodonetsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Neftekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Neftekamsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sabya, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Sabya · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · 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.