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 South Fulton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · South Fulton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Samsun
Severity 3 · Samsun · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pearland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pearland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · 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 Alīpur Duār, India
Severity 3 · India · Alīpur Duār · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 4 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Epe
Severity 3 · Epe · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Highland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Highland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kaliningrad, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Kaliningrad · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
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Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kennewick, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Kennewick · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Bonita Springs, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Bonita Springs · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Flagstaff, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Flagstaff · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Silver Spring · 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 Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Liberia
Severity 3 · Liberia · 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.