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
Military force used in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Puerto Cabello · 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 Casper, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Casper · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Novomoskovsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Novomoskovsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntersville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntersville · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mali
Severity 3 · Mali · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jackson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jackson · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fort-de-france, Martinique
Severity 3 · Martinique · Fort-de-france · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bismarck, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bismarck · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin), Palestine
Severity 4 · Palestine · Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 4 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Weymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Weymouth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bedford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Bedford · Source: gdelt
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Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Makhachkala, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Makhachkala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
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Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · 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.