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.
58079 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58079 eventsSources: gdelt
58079 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
58079 events · newest first
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Military force used in San Diego, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Diego · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oak Lawn, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Lawn · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Chattanooga, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Chattanooga · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Orlando, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orlando · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint-Gilles, Belgium
Severity 3 · Belgium · Saint-Gilles · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in New Orleans, United States
Severity 3 · United States · New Orleans · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Great Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Great Falls · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Waterford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Waterford · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Crawley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Crawley · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Beit Shemesh, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Beit Shemesh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Tyre (Sour) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Muharraq, Bahrain
Severity 3 · Bahrain · Al Muharraq · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Severity 3 · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Germantown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Germantown · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Memphis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Memphis · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Gaithersburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Gaithersburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Gloucester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Gloucester · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baltimore, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baltimore · 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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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.