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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Military force used in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Mecca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Nizhnekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Nizhnekamsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Stockton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Stockton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Madison, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Madison · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Denver, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Denver · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Brazil
Severity 4 · Brazil · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Normal, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Medicine Hat, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Medicine Hat · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roanoke, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Roanoke · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Sabya, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Sabya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Tetovo, North Macedonia
Severity 3 · North Macedonia · Tetovo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fairfield, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fairfield · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Marietta, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Marietta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Joplin, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Joplin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · 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.