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 Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fairfield, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fairfield · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Severity 3 · Belgium · Sint-Niklaas · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Prague, Czech Republic
Severity 3 · Czech Republic · Prague · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sukhumi (Sokhumi), Georgia
Severity 3 · Georgia · Sukhumi (Sokhumi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Mass violence in Queens County, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Flagstaff, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Flagstaff · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · 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 Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Atlanta, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Atlanta · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Severity 3 · Puerto Rico · Guaynabo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Mukalla, Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Al Mukalla · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Southampton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Southampton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Corby, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Corby · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Apple Valley, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Apple Valley · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Brighton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · 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.