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 Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Nakhon Ratchasima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lelystad, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Lelystad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Coffs Harbour, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Coffs Harbour · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tempe, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tempe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jonesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jonesboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Cuauhtémoc · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Neftekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Neftekamsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Middletown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Middletown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 4 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · 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.