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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Nuclear alert in Grand Island, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Youngstown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Youngstown · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Torremolinos, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Torremolinos · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sabya, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Sabya · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ratchaburi, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Ratchaburi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Casper, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Casper · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malaysia · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sukhumi (Sokhumi), Georgia
Severity 3 · Georgia · Sukhumi (Sokhumi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nizhnekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Nizhnekamsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · 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.