Risk events in Malaysia, May 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.
234 events were recorded: 196 conflict events and 38 unrest events.
234 eventsSources: gdelt
234 events· Malaysia
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 196
- 44 in the list
- Unrest
- 38
- 6 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
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Events
What is happening now
234 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military posture change in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuching, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuching · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tawau (Sabah), Malaysia
Severity 3 · Tawau (Sabah) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Kinabalu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuantan, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuantan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Temerloh, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Temerloh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuala Lumpur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuala Terengganu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cheras, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Cheras · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bintulu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Bintulu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Kuantan, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Kuantan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bintulu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Bintulu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malacca, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malacca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malacca, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malacca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ampang Jaya, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Ampang Jaya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuantan, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuantan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in George Town, Malaysia
Severity 3 · George Town · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuala Selangor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · 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.