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: 2459
- 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
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malaysia · Kuala Selangor · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Zamboanga, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Zamboanga · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kragujevac, Serbia
Severity 3 · Serbia · Kragujevac · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Quebec City, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Quebec City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Neftekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Neftekamsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Samsun
Severity 3 · Samsun · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lexington-Fayette, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lexington-Fayette · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Manchester · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Zhangjiajie, China
Severity 3 · China · Zhangjiajie · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ramanagara, India
Severity 3 · India · Ramanagara · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Samsun
Severity 3 · Samsun · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Neftekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Neftekamsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Jackson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jackson · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Grand Junction, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Junction · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Montpellier, France
Severity 3 · France · Montpellier · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Antonio, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Antonio · 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.