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.
59668 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
59668 eventsSources: gdelt · usgs
59668 events· the world
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2460
- Ukraine: 2029
- Nigeria: 1801
- Earthquake
- 187
- 11 in the list
- Disaster
- 8
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 49,642
- 34 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 5 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
59668 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Braintree · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Algeria
Severity 3 · Algeria · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M5.6 — 41 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
M5.6 · Jose Abad Santos · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 29 km S of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea
M5.2 · Papua New Guinea · Amau · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 64 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
M5.3 · Tobelo, Maluku Utara · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 90 km SSW of Singaparna, Indonesia
M5.0 · Pangandaran · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 61 km NE of Shi Yomi, India
M5.0 · India · Nyingchi · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M6.3 — south of the Kermadec Islands
M6.3 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — Auckland Islands, New Zealand region
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 37 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
M5.1 · Philippines · Jose Abad Santos · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 30 km S of Sarangani, Philippines
M5.2 · Philippines · Jose Abad Santos · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 240 km S of Burica, Panama
M5.1 · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M6.3 — 32 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
M6.3 · Philippines · Jose Abad Santos · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wollongong, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Wollongong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reading, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Reading · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Brazil
Severity 4 · Brazil · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Salt Lake City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Salt Lake City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Stockton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Stockton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: gdelt
- 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.