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
Nuclear alert in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 4 · Australia · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papamoa Beach, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Papamoa Beach · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Amarillo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Amarillo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Des Moines, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Des Moines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Brookhaven, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Brookhaven · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baltimore, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baltimore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Southampton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Southampton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 4 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kholm, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kholm · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bandar Abbas, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Abbas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pearland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pearland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mansfield, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Mansfield · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oman
Severity 3 · Oman · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · 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.