Risk events in Asia, 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.
21248 events were recorded: 15 earthquakes, 17274 conflict events, 3952 unrest events, and 7 advisory changes.
21248 eventsSources: U.S. Department of State · usgs · FCDO · gdelt
21248 events· Asia
ConflictEarthquake
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2459
- Iran: 1790
- Pakistan: 1474
- Israel: 1413
- Earthquake
- 15
- 7 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 17,274
- 38 in the list
- Unrest
- 3,952
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 7
- 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 680 | 152 | 0 | 16098 |
| 2026-08-02 | 1 | 0 | 573 | 154 | 0 | 12450 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 785 | 259 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 797 | 220 | 0 | 3122 |
| 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 | 26046 |
Events
What is happening now
21248 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
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 55 km NW of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal
M5.2 · Nepal · Kathmandu · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.8 — 4 km N of Toride, Japan
M5.8 · Japan · Kashiwa · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 6 km S of Kitcharao, Philippines
M5.0 · Philippines · Claver, Surigao del Norte · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 1 km N of Alegria, Philippines
M5.1 · Philippines · Claver, Surigao del Norte · Source: usgs
- Advisory
FCDO lowered its advisory for Bahrain
Level 3 → 1 · Bahrain · Source: FCDO
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 270 km SSE of Dunhuang, China
M5.2 · China · Golmud · Source: usgs
- Advisory
FCDO lowered its advisory for Kuwait
Level 3 → 1 · Kuwait · Source: FCDO
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Muharraq, Bahrain
Severity 3 · Bahrain · Al Muharraq · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Komsomol'sk-na-Amure, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Komsomol'sk-na-Amure · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bataan, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Bataan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Neftekamsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Neftekamsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
Severity 3 · Hong Kong (China) · Hong Kong · 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.