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
- 4 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 17,274
- 26 in the list
- Unrest
- 3,952
- 20 in the list
- Advisory
- 7
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
21705 events · newest first
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gwangyang, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Gwangyang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Al Muharraq, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Muharraq · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 61 km NE of Shi Yomi, India
M5.0 · India · Nyingchi · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.1 — 37 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
M5.1 · Philippines · Jose Abad Santos · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 30 km S of Sarangani, Philippines
M5.2 · Philippines · Jose Abad Santos · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M6.3 — 32 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
M6.3 · Philippines · Jose Abad Santos · Source: usgs
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Novorossiysk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Novorossiysk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Vladikavkaz, Russia
Severity 4 · Russia · Vladikavkaz · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Dubai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Makhachkala, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Makhachkala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Makhachkala, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Makhachkala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gelendzhik, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Gelendzhik · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- 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.