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 Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Hamhung, North Korea
Severity 4 · North Korea · Hamhung · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Velikiye Luki, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Velikiye Luki · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
- 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 Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in West Allis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · West Allis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Oktyabr'skiy, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Oktyabr'skiy · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Novomoskovsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Novomoskovsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Hamhung, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Hamhung · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Shahin Shahr, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Shahin Shahr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lake Havasu City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lake Havasu City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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.