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 Coffs Harbour, Australia
Severity 4 · Australia · Coffs Harbour · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 4 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Martial law in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint-Gilles, Belgium
Severity 3 · Belgium · Saint-Gilles · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Los Polvorines, Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Los Polvorines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Lucerne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Uzbekistan
Severity 3 · Uzbekistan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 4 · Colombia · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, Lesotho
Severity 3 · Lesotho · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Spokane, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Spokane · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Rochester, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Rochester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · 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.