Risk events in Malaysia, August 2026
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129 events were recorded: 115 conflict events and 14 unrest events.
129 eventsSources: gdelt
129 events· Malaysia
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 115
- 45 in the list
- Unrest
- 14
- 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 95 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 118 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 170 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 98 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 51 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 65 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
Events
What is happening now
129 events · newest first
- 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 Malacca, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malacca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault 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 Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuala Selangor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Penang, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Penang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 4 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Kuala Selangor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in George Town, Malaysia
Severity 3 · George Town · 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
- Conflict
Assault in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Kuala Selangor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used 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 Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Segamat, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Segamat · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malacca, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malacca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuala Selangor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Segamat, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Segamat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuala Lumpur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuala Selangor · 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
Military force used in Temerloh, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Temerloh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law 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 Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malacca, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malacca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 2 · 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 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sibu, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Sibu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kajang, Selangor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in George Town, Malaysia
Severity 3 · George Town · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Severity 2 · Kota Damansara · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ampang Jaya, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Ampang Jaya · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuala Krai, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Kuala Krai · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cheras, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Cheras · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Johor Bahru · 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.