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 Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Clermont-Ferrand, France
Severity 3 · France · Clermont-Ferrand · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tulsa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tulsa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Champaign, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Champaign · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lelystad, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Lelystad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bismarck, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bismarck · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bismarck, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bismarck · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bismarck, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bismarck · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Eau Claire, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Eau Claire · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in New Orleans, United States
Severity 3 · United States · New Orleans · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Seattle, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Seattle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rochester, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Rochester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Renton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Renton · 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.