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 Dondo, Mozambique
Severity 3 · Mozambique · Dondo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang), Indonesia
Severity 3 · Indonesia · Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ras al-Khaimah, Oman
Severity 3 · Oman · Ras al-Khaimah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Beit Shemesh, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Beit Shemesh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 3 · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Passaic, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Passaic · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sabya, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Sabya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Quebec City, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Quebec City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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.