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: gdelt · ucdp
31706 events· Asia
ConflictUnrest
- 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
- 44 in the list
- Unrest
- 4,512
- 6 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
31706 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Yevlax, Azerbaijan
Severity 3 · Azerbaijan · Yevlax · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Severity 3 · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
Severity 3 · Hong Kong (China) · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 4 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
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State-based conflict in Al-'amarah, Iraq
1 fatality · Iraq · Al-'amarah · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
1 fatality · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Jableh (Jablah), Syria
3 fatalities · Syria · Jableh (Jablah) · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Yemen
1 fatality · Yemen · Source: ucdp
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Demonstration in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
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Demonstration in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Demonstration in Thiruvananthapuram, India
Severity 3 · India · Thiruvananthapuram · 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.