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 Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Royal Leamington Spa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malaysia · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · 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 Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Quebec City, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Quebec City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jacksonville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jacksonville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ad-Damazin, Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Ad-Damazin · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint-Gilles, Belgium
Severity 3 · Belgium · Saint-Gilles · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Evaton, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Evaton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · 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.