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 Charlotte, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Charlotte · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rochester, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Rochester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Juba, South Sudan
Severity 4 · South Sudan · Juba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Kanchanaburi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Miami, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Miami · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tucson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tucson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tucson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tucson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Puerto Penasco, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Puerto Penasco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Portland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 4 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Passaic, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Passaic · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Gary, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Gary · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Piscataway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Piscataway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Burlington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Burlington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Burlington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Burlington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- 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.