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 Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in San Marcos, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Marcos · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Windhoek West, Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · Windhoek West · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zurich, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Zurich · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Lee's Summit, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lee's Summit · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Toledo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Toledo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Zambia
Severity 3 · Zambia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Sinchon, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Sinchon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Hamhung, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Hamhung · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
Military force used in Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kremenchuk · 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.