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 Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · 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 Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · 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 Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · 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 Honolulu
Severity 3 · Honolulu · 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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Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Concord, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Concord · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Miami
Severity 3 · Miami · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · 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 Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Lucerne · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Jacksonville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jacksonville · 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 Gary, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Gary · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Warwick, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warwick · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in East London, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · East London · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · 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.