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
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Military force used in Papamoa Beach, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Papamoa Beach · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Auckland, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Auckland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Royal Leamington Spa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rocky Mount, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Rocky Mount · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ocala, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ocala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Passaic, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Passaic · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Albany, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albany · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tucson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tucson · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Sharjah · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Grand Island, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lowell, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lowell · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Papamoa Beach, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Papamoa Beach · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sherbrooke, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sherbrooke · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Magong (Makung), Taiwan
Severity 3 · Taiwan · Magong (Makung) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Charlotte, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Charlotte · 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.