Risk events in Hong Kong (China), 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.

25 events were recorded: 16 conflict events and 9 unrest events.

25 eventsSources: gdelt

25 events· Hong Kong (China)

ConflictUnrest

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Earthquake
0
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
16
16 in the list
Unrest
9
9 in the list
Advisory
0
0 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

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0
0
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 38.9
16
Unrest
90-day baseline: 12.1
9
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
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2026-08-05001000
2026-08-06000100
2026-08-07001100
2026-08-08000100
2026-08-09000100
2026-08-10000000
2026-08-11001000
2026-08-12005000
2026-08-13002100
2026-08-14001000
2026-08-15000100
2026-08-16001000
2026-08-17000000
2026-08-18001000
2026-08-19001000
2026-08-20001300
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2026-08-26000000
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2026-08-30000000
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Events

What is happening now

25 events · newest first

  1. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  2. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  3. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  4. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  5. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  6. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  7. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  8. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  9. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  10. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  11. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  12. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  13. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  14. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  15. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  16. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  17. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  18. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  19. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  20. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  21. Conflict

    Assault in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 2 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  22. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  23. Unrest

    Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  24. Conflict

    Assault in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 2 · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt

  25. Conflict

    Military force used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

    Severity 3 · 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.