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.
58079 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58079 eventsSources: gdelt
58079 events· the world
Conflict
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2459
- 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
58079 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Colorado Springs, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Colorado Springs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Centreville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Centreville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zamboanga, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Zamboanga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bataan, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Bataan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kilchu, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Kilchu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Portland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Portland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Berhampore, India
Severity 3 · India · Berhampore · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Itajubá, MG, Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Itajubá, MG · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Rochester, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Rochester · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kherson
Severity 3 · Kherson · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Odessa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Odessa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Passaic, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Passaic · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Utica, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Utica · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Uzbekistan
Severity 3 · Uzbekistan · Source: gdelt
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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.