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.
58078 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58078 eventsSources: gdelt
58078 events· the world
Conflict
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2459
- 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
58078 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool
Severity 3 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Highland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kingston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kingston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Boulder, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boulder · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tacloban, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Tacloban · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Watsonville
Severity 3 · Watsonville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bandar Abbas
Severity 3 · Bandar Abbas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · South Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Waitakere, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Waitakere · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Erie, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Erie · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kalba, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Kalba · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Grand Junction, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Junction · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Faisalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oklahoma City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oklahoma City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Eden Prairie, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Eden Prairie · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · 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.