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 Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liberia
Severity 3 · Liberia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Jersey City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jersey City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Sfântu Gheorghe, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Sfântu Gheorghe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Boston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rishon Leziyyon, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Rishon Leziyyon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Grand Island, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Forks, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Forks · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in North Port, United States
Severity 3 · United States · North Port · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Detroit, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Detroit · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Sutton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Sutton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in San Vicent del Raspeig, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · San Vicent del Raspeig · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Guildford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Guildford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hartlepool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Hartlepool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang), Indonesia
Severity 3 · Indonesia · Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Duluth, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Duluth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in DeSoto, United States
Severity 3 · United States · DeSoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · 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.