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 Londonderry, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Londonderry · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Mecca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manzini, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Manzini · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bakixanov (Bakikhanov), Azerbaijan
Severity 3 · Azerbaijan · Bakixanov (Bakikhanov) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gelendzhik, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Gelendzhik · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa), Nepal
Severity 3 · Nepal · Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) · Source: gdelt
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Martial law in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kholm, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kholm · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
Military force used in Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · 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.