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 Gelendzhik, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Gelendzhik · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yevpatoria, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Severity 3 · Jamaica · Montego Bay · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Kanchanaburi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Wollongong, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Wollongong · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Mecca · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Dunfermline · 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.