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 Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Independence, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Independence · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Iskandariyah, Iraq
Severity 3 · Iraq · Al Iskandariyah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Novomoskovsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Novomoskovsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aylesbury, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Aylesbury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Sao Joao de Meriti, Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Sao Joao de Meriti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Eastleigh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Jacksonville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jacksonville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Joplin, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Joplin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Portsmouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Hudaydah, Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Al Hudaydah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Palasa-Kasibugga, India
Severity 3 · India · Palasa-Kasibugga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Oak Lawn, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Oak Lawn · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- 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.