Risk events in Asia, 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.
31706 events were recorded: 12 earthquakes, 27182 conflict events, and 4512 unrest events.
31706 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
31706 events· Asia
Conflict
- India: 5431
- Iran: 3977
- Russia: 3365
- Israel: 2962
- Palestine: 2094
- Earthquake
- 12
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 27,182
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 4,512
- 0 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 | 810 | 173 | 0 | 8489 |
| 2026-05-02 | 1 | 0 | 675 | 128 | 0 | 8305 |
| 2026-05-03 | 1 | 0 | 743 | 98 | 0 | 8483 |
| 2026-05-04 | 1 | 0 | 1023 | 156 | 0 | 7814 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 1036 | 168 | 0 | 4496 |
| 2026-05-06 | 1 | 0 | 1030 | 186 | 0 | 5267 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 1143 | 174 | 0 | 7517 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 1072 | 168 | 0 | 6918 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 747 | 157 | 0 | 7417 |
| 2026-05-10 | 1 | 0 | 871 | 129 | 0 | 7664 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 956 | 139 | 0 | 8866 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 925 | 197 | 0 | 3734 |
| 2026-05-13 | 1 | 0 | 940 | 162 | 0 | 6280 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 943 | 187 | 0 | 5155 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 851 | 153 | 0 | 4147 |
| 2026-05-16 | 1 | 0 | 688 | 104 | 0 | 5774 |
| 2026-05-17 | 1 | 0 | 774 | 119 | 0 | 4440 |
| 2026-05-18 | 1 | 0 | 953 | 172 | 0 | 5088 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 917 | 152 | 0 | 5606 |
| 2026-05-20 | 1 | 0 | 850 | 180 | 0 | 6458 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 838 | 153 | 0 | 6986 |
| 2026-05-22 | 1 | 0 | 767 | 145 | 0 | 4491 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 699 | 108 | 0 | 2636 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 762 | 117 | 0 | 3980 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 895 | 151 | 0 | 3033 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 1035 | 142 | 0 | 3935 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 1099 | 160 | 0 | 3715 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 947 | 131 | 0 | 2698 |
| 2026-05-29 | 1 | 0 | 792 | 123 | 0 | 2775 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 614 | 76 | 0 | 2313 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 787 | 104 | 0 | 2569 |
Events
What is happening now
31706 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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 Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Tyre (Sour) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Tyre (Sour) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Severity 3 · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Tyre (Sour) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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.