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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- Conflict
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Military force used in Sana (Sanaa), Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Sana (Sanaa) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Guyana
Severity 3 · Guyana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Ad-Damazin, Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Ad-Damazin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Warwick, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warwick · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cherry Hill, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cherry Hill · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Fernando, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · San Fernando · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafayette, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lafayette · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Martial law in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Apopa, El Salvador
Severity 3 · El Salvador · Apopa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Ormoc, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Ormoc · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cavite, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Cavite · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Grand Island, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Australia
Severity 4 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bacoor, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Bacoor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Ormoc, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Ormoc · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in China
Severity 3 · China · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pematangsiantar (Pematang Siantar), Indonesia
Severity 3 · Indonesia · Pematangsiantar (Pematang Siantar) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Sudan
Severity 3 · South Sudan · 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.