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 Batumi, Ajara, Georgia
Severity 3 · Georgia · Batumi, Ajara · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Novotroitsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novotroitsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Yakima, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Yakima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Braintree · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rugby, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Rugby · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Singkawang, Indonesia
Severity 3 · Indonesia · Singkawang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Auckland, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Auckland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ad-Damazin, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Ethiopia · Ad-Damazin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nizhnekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Nizhnekamsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Novomoskovsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Novomoskovsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Renton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lakeville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeville · Source: gdelt
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Martial law in La Chorrera, Panama
Severity 3 · Panama · La Chorrera · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Little Rock, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Little Rock · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Colchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Colchester · 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.