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
Nuclear alert in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 4 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wigan, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Wigan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Denver, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Denver · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pondicherry, India
Severity 3 · India · Pondicherry · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Centennial, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Centennial · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Suffolk, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Suffolk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Levittown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Levittown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Birendranagar, Nepal
Severity 3 · Nepal · Birendranagar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Sydney, NS, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Sydney, NS · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kovilpatti, India
Severity 3 · India · Kovilpatti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bang Kruai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Bang Kruai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Quebec City, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Quebec City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan
Severity 3 · Kyrgyzstan · Naryn · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in North Lakhimpur, India
Severity 3 · India · North Lakhimpur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang), Indonesia
Severity 3 · Indonesia · Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- 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.