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 Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Lucerne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bowling Green, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bowling Green · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Singkawang, Indonesia
Severity 3 · Indonesia · Singkawang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Derby, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Derby · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sacramento, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sacramento · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Copenhagen, Denmark
Severity 3 · Denmark · Copenhagen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang), Indonesia
Severity 3 · Indonesia · Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Salford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bataan, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Bataan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Neftekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Neftekamsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · 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.