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 · usgs
21705 events· Asia
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2460
- Iran: 1790
- Pakistan: 1474
- Israel: 1413
- Earthquake
- 17
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 17,274
- 10 in the list
- Unrest
- 3,952
- 39 in the list
- Advisory
- 7
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
21705 events · newest first
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Demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq
Severity 4 · Iraq · Tuz Khurmatu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
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Demonstration in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
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- Earthquake
M5.3 — 151 km E of Miyako, Japan
M5.3 · Japan · Morioka · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Gwangju, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Gwangju · 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.