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.
21705 events were recorded: 17 earthquakes, 17274 conflict events, 3952 unrest events, and 7 advisory changes.
21705 eventsSources: gdelt
21705 events· Asia
Conflict
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2460
- Iran: 1790
- Pakistan: 1474
- Israel: 1413
- Earthquake
- 17
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 17,274
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 3,952
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 7
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
21705 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gwangju, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Gwangju · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Mecca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Batangas, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Batangas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Pyeongtaek, South Korea
Severity 4 · South Korea · Pyeongtaek · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 4 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 4 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Maymana, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Maymana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Seosan, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seosan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Magong (Makung), Taiwan
Severity 3 · Taiwan · Magong (Makung) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Anakapalle, India
Severity 3 · India · Anakapalle · 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.