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 Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Miami, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Miami · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Yemen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Potchefstroom, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Potchefstroom · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Weston-super-Mare · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yanbu' Al Bahr, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Yanbu' Al Bahr · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
Severity 3 · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · 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 Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pontiac, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pontiac · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Lagos de Moreno · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yekaterinburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Miami, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Miami · 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 Sutton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Sutton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · 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.