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.
59666 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
59666 eventsSources: gdelt
59666 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
59666 events · newest first
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Military force used in Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · 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 Framingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Framingham · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Montreal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Montreal · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Baltimore, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baltimore · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Centreville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Centreville · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Conway · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Great Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Great Falls · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Joliet, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Joliet · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in West Palm Beach, United States
Severity 3 · United States · West Palm Beach · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in New Providence, Bahamas
Severity 3 · Bahamas · New Providence · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Greenland
Severity 3 · Greenland · 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 Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · 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
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.