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
59668 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
59668 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
Severity 3 · Italy · Sesto San Giovanni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Salt Lake City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Salt Lake City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lodi, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lodi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yanbu' Al Bahr, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Yanbu' Al Bahr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Macon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Hamhung, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Hamhung · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Novomoskovsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Novomoskovsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Vineland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Vineland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Guadalajara, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Guadalajara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Paradise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Paradise · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Knoxville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Knoxville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Rio Colorado · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Ath Thawrah, Syria
Severity 4 · Syria · Ath Thawrah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Tempe, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Tempe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Uruapan del Progreso, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Uruapan del Progreso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- 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.