Current risks in Asia
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.
2 earthquakes, 3,387 unrest events, 6 travel advisory changes, and 0 conflict events are active.
3395 eventsSources: U.S. Department of State · usgs · FCDO · gdelt
3395 events· AsiaFire activity within the 30-day mean
UnrestEarthquake
- India: 3643
- Russia: 1971
- Iran: 1443
- Israel: 1162
- Pakistan: 1147
Totals for Asia, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 14
- 2 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 14,439
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 3,167
- 3,387 in the list
- Advisory
- 6
- 6 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Asia
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Asia
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Asia
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 1 | 0 | 868 | 271 | 0 | 19882 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 958 | 253 | 0 | 37922 |
| 2026-08-07 | 2 | 0 | 1027 | 221 | 0 | 14457 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 714 | 117 | 0 | 9760 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 741 | 175 | 0 | 11191 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 840 | 232 | 0 | 11893 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 983 | 228 | 0 | 4811 |
| 2026-08-12 | 1 | 0 | 1067 | 208 | 0 | 8579 |
| 2026-08-13 | 1 | 0 | 956 | 191 | 0 | 9717 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 934 | 182 | 0 | 6059 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 742 | 143 | 0 | 5678 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 806 | 137 | 0 | 8421 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 993 | 176 | 1 | 8815 |
| 2026-08-18 | 2 | 0 | 988 | 221 | 0 | 10758 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 939 | 189 | 0 | 15796 |
| 2026-08-20 | 1 | 0 | 883 | 223 | 2 | 12687 |
| 2026-08-21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14634 |
| 2026-08-22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19301 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19475 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20013 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21626 |
| 2026-08-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28183 |
| 2026-08-27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37093 |
| 2026-08-28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20484 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18900 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26053 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44869 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26630 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
Events
What is happening in Asia
3395 events · newest first
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State raised its advisory for Tajikistan
Level 1 → 2 · Tajikistan · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State lowered its advisory for Tajikistan
Level 2 → 1 · Tajikistan · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State lowered its advisory for Bangladesh
Level 3 → 2 · Bangladesh · Source: U.S. Department of State
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 19 km NW of Fuji, China
M5.0 · China · Lu · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — western Xizang
M5.0 · China · Source: usgs
- Advisory
FCDO lowered its advisory for Bahrain
Level 3 → 1 · Bahrain · Source: FCDO
- Advisory
FCDO lowered its advisory for Kuwait
Level 3 → 1 · Kuwait · Source: FCDO
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanam, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Hanam · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
Severity 3 · Hong Kong (China) · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Bago, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Bago · Source: gdelt
- Advisory
U.S. Department of State raised its advisory for Bangladesh
Level 2 → 3 · Bangladesh · Source: U.S. Department of State
Geography
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.
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