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
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Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Biała Podlaska, Poland
Severity 3 · Poland · Biała Podlaska · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Canton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oakland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oakland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fort Worth, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fort Worth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Gastonia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Gastonia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Youngstown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Youngstown · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Youngstown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Youngstown · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lubbock, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lubbock · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Warner Robins, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warner Robins · 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 Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Woodbury, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Woodbury · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Woodbury, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Woodbury · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Rotterdam · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Orlando, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orlando · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baltimore, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baltimore · 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.