Current risks in China
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.
4 earthquakes, 158 unrest events, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.
162 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
162 events· ChinaFire activity within the 30-day mean
UnrestEarthquake
Totals for China, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 13
- 4 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 821
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 151
- 158 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in China
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in China
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in China
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 766 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 847 |
| 2026-08-07 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 402 |
| 2026-08-08 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 694 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 725 |
| 2026-08-10 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 766 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 361 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 521 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 360 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 675 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 668 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 667 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 487 |
| 2026-08-18 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 516 |
| 2026-08-19 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 869 |
| 2026-08-20 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 552 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 626 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 700 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 435 |
| 2026-08-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 755 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 363 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 453 |
| 2026-08-27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 570 |
| 2026-08-28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 519 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 873 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 920 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1024 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1039 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in China
162 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 128 km N of Aksu, China
M4.6 · Aksu · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.9 — 124 km N of Aksu, China
M4.9 · Aksu · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — 19 km NW of Fuji, China
M5.0 · Lu · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M5.0 — western Xizang
M5.0 · Source: usgs
- Unrest
Demonstration in Langfang, China
Severity 3 · Langfang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yizheng, China
Severity 3 · Yizheng · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tianshui, China
Severity 3 · Tianshui · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Severity 3 · Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Langfang, China
Severity 3 · Langfang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in China
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in China
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Tianshui, China
Severity 3 · Tianshui · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Langfang, China
Severity 3 · Langfang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tianshui, China
Severity 3 · Tianshui · 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.
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