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 Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Fushë-Krujë, Albania
Severity 4 · Albania · Fushë-Krujë · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Fushë-Krujë, Albania
Severity 3 · Albania · Fushë-Krujë · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxnard, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oxnard · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Apple Valley, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Apple Valley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Middletown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Middletown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Danbury, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Danbury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chicago, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Chicago · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hempstead, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hempstead · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Warner Robins, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warner Robins · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Longview, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Longview · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Margate, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Margate · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Stevenage, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Stevenage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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- Conflict
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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.