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
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Military force used in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Chapel Hill, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Chapel Hill · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Portland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Severity 3 · China · Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Berhampore, India
Severity 3 · India · Berhampore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Berhampore, India
Severity 3 · India · Berhampore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Severodvinsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Severodvinsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Ad Dammam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Baytown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baytown · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Sacramento, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Sacramento · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Apopa, El Salvador
Severity 3 · El Salvador · Apopa · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · 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.