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
- Conflict
Military force used in Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Ad Dammam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Severity 3 · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Mbombela, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Mbombela · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yekaterinburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Prachin Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Prachin Buri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Kanchanaburi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gresham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Gresham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Palm Desert, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Palm Desert · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lausanne, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Lausanne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zamboanga, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Zamboanga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Arkhangelsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Arkhangelsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Najran, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Najran · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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.