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 Al Muharraq, Bahrain
Severity 3 · Bahrain · Al Muharraq · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Los Polvorines, Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Los Polvorines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bakixanov (Bakikhanov), Azerbaijan
Severity 3 · Azerbaijan · Bakixanov (Bakikhanov) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Hull, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Hull · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Littlehampton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Littlehampton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Masjed Soleyman, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Masjed Soleyman · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tshikapa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Littlehampton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Littlehampton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Daugavpils, Latvia
Severity 3 · Latvia · Daugavpils · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · 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.