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
Military force used in Joplin, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Joplin · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Piedras Negras, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Piedras Negras · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Antonio · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Nakhon Ratchasima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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- Conflict
Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liberia
Severity 3 · Liberia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Allentown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Allentown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liberia
Severity 3 · Liberia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Nakhon Ratchasima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · 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 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Mountain View, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mountain View · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Stockton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Stockton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orem · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Greensboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greensboro · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · 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.