Risk events in Libya, May 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.
127 events were recorded: 1 disaster alert, 115 conflict events, and 11 unrest events.
127 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
127 events· Libya
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 115
- 46 in the list
- Unrest
- 11
- 4 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 175 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 167 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 220 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 156 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 113 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 172 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 222 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 192 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 191 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
Events
What is happening now
127 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 2 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 4 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 2 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Khums, Libya
Severity 3 · Al Khums · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 2 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 2 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Libya
3 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Assault in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Khums, Libya
Severity 3 · Al Khums · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Al Khums, Libya
Severity 2 · Al Khums · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Darnah, Libya
Severity 3 · Darnah · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 4 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 4 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 2 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 2 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 2 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 2 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tripoli, Libya
Severity 3 · Tripoli · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Libya
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Al Bayḑā’, Libya
Severity 4 · Al Bayḑā’ · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Libya
Severity 3 · 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.