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 Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Irvine, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Irvine · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pawtucket, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pawtucket · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Salinas, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Salinas · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in New Providence, Bahamas
Severity 3 · Bahamas · New Providence · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Round Rock, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Round Rock · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manzini, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Manzini · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Roanoke, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nashville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Nashville · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nashville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Nashville · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nashville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Nashville · 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 Concord, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Concord · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oklahoma City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oklahoma City · 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 Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Madison, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Madison · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Denver, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Denver · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Idaho Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Idaho Falls · 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.