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
- Conflict
Military force used in Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Dinajpur · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Nizhnekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Nizhnekamsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Dayton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Dayton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madison, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Madison · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Brockton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Brockton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dothan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Dothan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Miami, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Miami · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in St. George, United States
Severity 3 · United States · St. George · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
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Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Miami, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Miami · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Clarksville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Clarksville · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Norwich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Norwich · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dayton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Dayton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sarasota, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sarasota · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Cardiff, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cardiff · 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.